Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Hemodialysis in Infants Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery in the

1% of infants can develop severe acute kidney injury and require dialysis after congenital heart surgery

For infants needing hemodialysis after congenital heart surgery, one-year survival was 46%

For infants not needing hemodialysis after congenital heart surgery, one-year survival was 94%

Most infants requiring dialysis after congenital heart surgery received continuous renal replacement therapy rather than intermittent dialysis

Hospitals that use dialysis more frequently had 3 times higher hospital survival for infants after congenital heart surgery

Hospitals that use dialysis more frequently had double the 1-year survival rate for infants after congenital heart surgery

Dialysis after infant heart surgery is rare

Outcomes may improve when infants requiring dialysis after heart surgery are treated at a center with more experience in using dialysis