Fenoldopam in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether fenoldopam infusion during cardiopulmonary bypass in young children with congenital heart disease is able to reduce indicators of acute kidney injury (biomarkers reduction, diuresis increase) compared to a control group.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2010-09

Completion

2010-11

Publications

• Background Dent CL, Ma Q, Dastrala S, Bennett M, Mitsnefes MM, Barasch J, Devarajan P. Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin predicts acute kidney injury, morbidity and mortality after pediatric cardiac surgery: a prospective uncontrolled cohort study. Crit Care. 2007;11(6):R127. doi: 10.1186/cc6192.
• Background Ricci Z, Stazi GV, Di Chiara L, Morelli S, Vitale V, Giorni C, Ronco C, Picardo S. Fenoldopam in newborn patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: controlled clinical trial. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Dec;7(6):1049-53. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2008.185025. Epub 2008 Sep 9.
• Esezobor CI, Bhatt GC, Effa EE, Hodson EM. Fenoldopam for preventing and treating acute kidney injury. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Nov 28;11(11):CD012905. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012905.pub2.
• Ricci Z, Luciano R, Favia I, Garisto C, Muraca M, Morelli S, Di Chiara L, Cogo P, Picardo S. High-dose fenoldopam reduces postoperative neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocaline and cystatin C levels in pediatric cardiac surgery. Crit Care. 2011 Jun 29;15(3):R160. doi: 10.1186/cc10295.

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