[The use of sevelamer in the treatment of resistant hyperphosphataemia in children with chronic renal disease].

Unlabelled: The aim of study was the estimation of efficacy and safety of sevelamer treatment in children with chronic kidney disease with resistant hyperphsphatemia.

Material And Methods: The study group was 7 patients (hemodialysed--2 boys, mean age 7, 7+/-0.1; peritoneal dialysis--5: 3 boys and 2 girls, mean age 5, 6+/-5.

[Acute pyelonephritis--clinical picture and the main diagnostic and therapeutic problems in children].

The aim of the study was to determine the main clinical and organising difficulties affecting quality and efficacy of medical care in children with acute pyelonephritis (AP). 41 children aged 3 wk--17 yr 4 mo hospitalized for AP at the Department of Nephrology, District Children's Hospital, Szczecin, Poland in 2000 were investigated. Epidemiologic and demographic data, history, clinical presentation, auxiliary investigations, treatment and ambulatory follow-up were analysed.