In Zimbabwe, where access to pediatric kidney replacement therapy can be particularly challenging, skills gained through a Saving Young Lives (SYL) course helped make a life-saving intervention possible. Dr. Linos Sibanda recently shared the story of an 8-day-old baby boy who presented to his team at just seven days of age with severe hypernatremic dehydration

At the Tambacounda Regional Hospital, located approximately 480 km from Dakar, we recently performed acute peritoneal dialysis on an 8-year-old girl with severe malaria complicated by acute kidney injury. On admission, the patient had a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 9/15, a blood urea level of 3.4 g/L, and a serum creatinine level of 84

After participating in the Saving Young Lives (SYL) workshop held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, we had the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge and skills we had acquired to provide kidney replacement therapy to a critically ill pediatric patient. Last Thursday, we admitted a 4-month-old infant with mixed shock (septic and cardiogenic), severe left ventricular

An inspiring success story from Dr. Rojas in Estelí, Nicaragua: following the SYL training in Bolivia, she successfully performed her first dialysis catheter placement using a central venous (CV) line—the equipment she had available. Even more remarkably, she was teaching the pediatric surgeon throughout the procedure. A wonderful example of resourcefulness, knowledge transfer, and the

Recentemente, tenho sentido uma forte sensação de realização ao aplicar verdadeiramente o que aprendi. À medida que o conhecimento se organiza e interioriza — e até é partilhado através de inter

Um antigo estagiário da SYL, Mynor, está agora a formar residentes de Pediatria na Guatemala. Não é incrível quando a semente cresce? 🌱

Uma história de sucesso inspiradora de um participante do nosso Workshop de DP do WCN’26 Yokohama, Joseph Tig

Uma história de sucesso poderosa da nossa participante do Workshop de DP WCN’26 Yokohama, Bimala Baniya de Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵 Bimala realizou recentemente diálise peritoneal (DP) num menino de 2 anos com LLA de células T, síndrome de lise tumoral, sobrecarga de fluidos e encefalopatia urémica — utilizando um cateter de DP rígido, pois era a única opção disponível. A criança recebeu com sucesso