Research Article
Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatrics
Table 2
Ideal Catheter size and patient size for CRRT.
| Patient size | Catheter size | Site of insertion |
| Neonate | 7 Fr | IJ/EJ, femoral | 3–6 kilogram | 7 Fr | IJ/EJ, femoral | 6–10 kilogram | 8 Fr | IJ/EJ, subclav, femoral | >10–20 kilogram | 9 Fr | IJ/EJ, subclav, femoral | >20–30 kilogram | 10 Fr | IJ/EJ, subclav, femoral | >30 kilogram | 12 Fr | IJ/EJ, subclav, femoral |
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Fr: French; IJ: internal jugular vein; EJ: external jugular vein; subclav: subclavian vein. Adapted with permission from Goldstein [34].
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