Hyperprolactinemia as a prognostic factor for menstrual disorders in female adolescents with advanced chronic kidney disease.

Background: In adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD), menstrual disorders (MD) are common, which can make the management of CKD difficult and can sometimes delay renal transplantation. This study aimed to identify the usefulness of hormonal measurements in adolescents with CKD and their relationships with MD during a 1-year follow-up.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was designed.

[Android/gynecoid ratio as a prognostic factor for dyslipidemia in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease].

Background: there are multiple factors that increase the presence of dyslipidemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Objective: to determine if the android/gynecoid ratio (A/GR) has utility as a cardiometabolic factor for dyslipidemia in pediatric patients with chronic renal failure. Materials and methods: cohort study.

[Experiencia en el tratamiento de la hemorragia uterina anormal en adolescentes con enfermedad renal crónica].

IntroducciÓn: La enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) se asocia con alteraciones menstruales, y el manejo del sangrado uterino suele ser complejo por las condiciones de este grupo de pacientes. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir la respuesta clínica al tratamiento hormonal de las alteraciones menstruales de adolescentes con ERC.

MÉtodos: Se presentan los datos de una serie de casos de pacientes adolescentes con ERC que cursaron con alteraciones menstruales y que recibieron tratamiento desde el año 2008 al 2012.

Carotid intima media thickness, oxidative stress, and inflammation in children with chronic kidney disease.

Objective: We evaluated the association between inflammation and oxidative stress with carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) and elasticity increment module (E(inc)) in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods: This analytical, cross-sectional study assessed 134 children aged 6-17 years with CKD. Anthropometric measurements and biochemistry of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1β, reduced glutathione (GSH), malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, and homocysteine were recorded.

Intima media thickness in children undergoing dialysis.

Background: Uremic vasculopathy, including vascular calcification, increases the risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We have investigated the prevalence and factors associated with vasculopathy in children undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD) in a single center.

Methods: Common carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) and its relation with demographics, biochemical parameters and medication was analyzed in 60 patients (mean age 12.

Frequency of low carnitine levels in children on dialysis.

To determine the frequency of low carnitine levels, we measured serum carnitine in pediatric patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD). Our prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2004 to March 2005 in a single pediatric center, and included patients under 17 years of age who had been on HD or PD for more than 3 months. Patients with primary carnitine deficiency were excluded.