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Retrospective, observational, cohort study at two European paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) \u2014 UK (2006\u20132017, CRRT) and the Netherlands (2003\u20132017, MARS\u00ae and CRRT). Patients were children (0\u201318\u00a0years) admitted to the PICU with PALF who required CRRT or MARS\u00ae. Between each group, we compared baseline characteristics, biochemical parameters at 0 and 24\u00a0h after commencing MARS\u00ae\/CRRT, and clinical outcomes. In total, 95 patients (23 MARS\u00ae, 72 CRRT) were included. The median age at admission for the whole cohort was 4.3\u00a0years (interquartile range (IQR) 1.0\u201312.1), and 47\/95 (49.5%) of patients had an indeterminate aetiology. A lower proportion of patients in the MARS\u00ae group were on inotropes or were ventilated at admission, and they had a lower Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 risk % than the CRRT group (14.5% (7.5\u201322) vs 20.4% (16.8\u201326.4),\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.002). After treatment, there were no significant differences detected between groups in survival with native liver, or overall survival (15\/23 (65.2%) for MARS\u00ae and 49\/72 (68.1%) for CRRT,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.998).\n                    <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>\n                    : We did not detect a significant difference in clinical outcomes between PALF patients treated with CRRT or MARS\u00ae, despite a relatively sicker cohort in the CRRT group. Further high-quality evidence is necessary regarding the role of extracorporeal therapies in PALF, with consideration of clinical outcomes, feasibility, and cost.\n                    <jats:table-wrap>\n                      <jats:table>\n                        <jats:tbody>\n                          <jats:tr>\n                            <jats:td colspan=\"2\">\n                              <jats:bold>What is Known:<\/jats:bold>\n                              <jats:italic>\u2022\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>Outcomes for children with paediatric acute liver failure (PALF) have improved in recent years secondary to\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>improved supportive care aimed at avoiding liver transplantation.<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>\u2022\u00a0Extracorporeal therapies, in particular continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), are increasingly applied in the\u00a0management of these children; however few studies have compared outcomes between different extracorporeal\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>therapies<\/jats:italic>\n                              .\n                            <\/jats:td>\n                          <\/jats:tr>\n                          <jats:tr>\n                            <jats:td colspan=\"2\">\n                              <jats:bold>What is New:<\/jats:bold>\n                              <jats:italic>\u2022\u00a0In this retrospective study across two centres, outcomes between patients with PALF treated with CRRT were\u00a0compared to patients treated with MARS\u00ae.<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>\u2022\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>There was no significant difference in key clinical outcomes between groups, including survival with native liver and\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                              <jats:italic>overall survival<\/jats:italic>\n                              .\n                            <\/jats:td>\n                          <\/jats:tr>\n                        <\/jats:tbody>\n                      <\/jats:table>\n                    <\/jats:table-wrap>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-025-06013-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,12]],"date-time":"2025-02-12T01:27:43Z","timestamp":1739323663000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS\u00ae) and continuous renal replacement therapy for the treatment of paediatric acute liver failure \u2014 two-centre retrospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"184","author":[{"given":"Romit","family":"Saxena","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma C.","family":"Alexander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sander","family":"Bontemps","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raman","family":"Singla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Henkjan J.","family":"Verkade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincent E.","family":"de Meijer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin C. 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