Abbreviations
- AKI:
-
Acute kidney injury
- ISPD:
-
International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
- KRT:
-
Kidney replacement therapy
- NGT:
-
Nasogastric tube
- PD:
-
Peritoneal dialysis
- PIGN:
-
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis
- RPGN:
-
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
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Gebrearegay, H., Berhe, E., Lema, H.H. et al. Improvised, emergency peritoneal dialysis in children with acute kidney injury amid war in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: two teaching cases. J Nephrol 35, 2407–2410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-022-01386-x
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