Abstract

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a major global health problem associated with poor outcomes in resource-limited setting. The management of AKI, especially in critical ill children, requires Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) which is generally unavailable or financially inaccessible in most of low and middle resource countries. This study aimed to describe a 3-year experience of the first pediatric acute peritoneal dialysis program using homemade fluids in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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