Nicklaus Children’s is First in Florida to Offer Carpediem Device to Enhance Dialysis Treatment of Infants

Published on: 2/19/2025

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has acquired Mozarc Medical’s Carpediem™ Cardio Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine designed to support dialysis treatment of newborns with acute kidney injury and fluid overload. The hospital is the first in Florida to offer this new system designed to optimize care for the smallest patients.

Created on a miniaturized platform, the device provides continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for patients weighing between 2.5 and 10 kilograms. The device is designed to deliver treatment with precise control by including high-precision scales and sensors to monitor fluid balance, blood leaks and air bubbles.

“CRRT treatments have been far more challenging in infants because dialysis equipment has not been perfectly suited for the care of the smallest and most fragile patients,” said Dr. Nicole M. Christin, medical director of the dialysis unit at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and chief of pediatric nephrology for Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists. “The Carpediem system is a terrific advancement, designed expressly to meet the need of our youngest patients. It enhances the precision of neonatal CRRT treatment and lowers exposure to risks, enabling us to provide the very best possible care to children in our community and beyond.”

The new equipment is offered in the Nicklaus Children’s Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a regional referral center for newborns requiring highly advanced care.

About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)

For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.

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