Outcomes of acute kidney injury in critically ill children who need renal replacement therapy.

Aim To determine an outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill children (CIC) who needed renal replacement therapy (RRT) and were admitted to the Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PICU and NICU) at the Paediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre Sarajevo (UCCS). Methods The research included 81 children with AKI. The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria to define AKI was used.

The Causes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children Who Needs Renal Replacement Therapy.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the result of various causes and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality as well as long-term renal sequelae in pediatric patients.

Objectives: The aim of the study is to determine the causes of AKI in pediatric patients who needed renal replacement therapy (RRT) and were admitted to the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PICU and NICU) at the Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Center Sarajevo (UCCS).

Methods: Our research included 81 children with AKI who needed RRT.

Unexpected adrenal pheochromocytoma associated with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in a prepubertal boy: A case report.

Rationale: Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. Most pediatric PHEOs are functional tumors, and clinical manifestations are related to catecholamine hypersecretion and/or tumor mass effects.

Patient Concerns: We report here a case of a 10-year-old boy with a highly functional adrenal PHEO detected after the evaluation of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in the patient.

Acute glans ischemia after circumcision successfully treated with low-molecular-weight heparin and topical dihydrotestosterone: A case report.

Rationale: Circumcision like any other surgical procedure is not devoid of complications. Serious complications are rare and include iatrogenic hypospadias, glans ischemia/necrosis, and glans amputation, all of which require an emergent treatment.

Patient Concerns: We report here a case of 6 months-old-boy with a superficial glans ischemia following circumcision.

Central venous catheter as vascular approach for hemodialysis - our experiences.

Introduction: Application of a central venous catheter (CVC), as a temporary or permanent vascular access for hemodialysis, has been continuous practice at the Sarajevo Pediatric Clinic, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care. The main goal of the article is to present our experiences with central venous catheters in the treatment of these patients.

Material And Methods: In the period from January 2009 to December 2014 a total of 41 patients were treated and a total of 56 catheters were placed.

[Congenital lobar emphysema].

Background: Congenital lobar emphysema is characterized by overinflation of pulmonary lobe and is caused by localised bronchial obstruction. The disease may result in severe respiratory distress in early infancy.

Methods: Records of children, with congenital lobar emphysema, who were treated at our department between 1997-2003, were reviewed.

[Detection and treatment of intracranial hemorrhage at the intensive care unit of the Pediatric Clinic in Sarajevo].

Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) is the common name for periventricular and intraventricular haemorrhage. We analyzed patients diagnosed as ICH in period January 2001 till May 2002. In 29/323 (8.