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However, guidelines for PD management are lacking in this population. Objective: We aimed to report a single-center experience with preterm infants who underwent PD, describing the technical issues and the outcomes, and to review the existing literature. Methods: This retrospective study included preterm infants undergoing PD because of AKI unresponsive to pharmacological treatment. Data were compared to those available in the current literature. Results: Neonatal outcomes of twelve preterm infants were reported. PD was started before the onset of anuria in two oliguric patients, while it was started within 60 h of anuria in four patients, and between 72 and 144 h of anuria in the remaining six patients. One oliguric patient and one who started PD after 60 h of anuria had a complete recovery of kidney function with normalization of diuresis and renal function parameters. The other infants did not achieve complete resolution of AKI. The mortality rate was 91.7%, and even one of the two infants who had recovered kidney function later died due to an infectious complication. Conclusions: Our experience with a limited sample size did not allow us to obtain definitive conclusions. Our data and the current literature suggested that the prognosis is still negative, with a high mortality rate. 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