Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
To date, little knowledge exists related to the use of hemodialysis (HD) in infants and has been limited to mainly single center studies. The CARPEDIEM (CArdio-Renal PEdiatric Dialysis Emergency Machine) device, which can be used to provide hemodialysis in infants, has been launched in the United States. This study/registry is designed to obtain data on critically ill infants who require HD using the CARPEDIEM device to understand the indications for initiation, best practice in prescribing and performing treatment, expected treatment course, and outcomes of a dedicated infant continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machine.
This is a retrospective and prospective, multicenter observational quality improvement study and research registry. Infants undergoing renal replacement therapy utilizing CARPEDIEM for hemodialysis will be enrolled in the study for observation. There are two arms to this study, one for quality improvement and one for research purposes. Patients enrolled in this study have the option to participate additionally in either biospecimen collection, long term follow up after CARPEDIEM, or both. Urine specimen will be collected from fresh voids, but all blood specimen will be obtained from residual c…
Inclusion Criteria: * Treated with CARPEDIEM as part of standard of care at a participating institution within the United States Exclusion Criteria: * Parents/legally authorized representative unable or unwilling to provide consent
CARPEDIEM treatment as per local standard of care