| Theme | New Turn of Acute Blood Purification | |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Blood purification therapy -- special issues for pediatric patients | |
| Publish Date | 2004/04 | |
| Author | Hyogo Nakakura | Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Motoshi Hattori | Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Izumi Soma | Department of Blood Purification, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine |
| Author | Katsumi Ito | Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Recent advances in a blood purification therapy have made it possible for it to be widely applied to pediatric patients. Although these are differences in applications for different diseases, the rationales for and the effects of blood purification therapy for children and adults seems to be similar, there are several special issues in blood purification therapy, for small children. In this review, some of those special issues concerning blood purification therapy for pediatric patients were briefly summarized. | |