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Twenty-one pediatric patients (from 1.0 year to 15.5 years) were recruited and 69 treatments were recorded. The basic CI was 3.4 (2.4, 6.1) L/min/m2, basic SVI was 43 (26, 75) ml/m2/beat. During the beginning of therapy, mean arterial pressure, CI and SVI all dropped from the baseline (P=0.000), whereas heart rate increased. During the course of CRRT, CI and SVI kept on dropping and stayed at a relatively lower level. Course CI was 3.0 (2.4, 4.6) L/min/m2 and course SVI was 28 (21, 57) ml/m2/beat. At the end of therapy, CI was 3.4 (2.5, 5.3) L/min/ m2, with no significant difference from the baseline (P=0.073). However, the SVI at the end of therapy was 35 (25, 67) ml/m2/beat, higher than the course SVI but still lower than the basic SVI, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05).