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

Fr: French; IJ: internal jugular vein; EJ: external jugular vein; subclav: subclavian vein. Adapted with permission from Goldstein [34].