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Comment
. 2009 May;5(5):251-2.
doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2009.49.

Dialysis: preventing hypophosphatemia during pediatric CRRT

Zaccaria Ricci  1 , Claudio Ronco
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Dialysis: preventing hypophosphatemia during pediatric CRRT

Zaccaria Ricci et al. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2009 May.

Abstract

A recent report showed that hypophosphatemia is common in children undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy, and that adding phosphate to the replacement and dialysate solutions significantly reduced the incidence of this complication. Should such supplementation be routinely performed?

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