Associations between lower urinary tract dysfunction and health-related quality of life in children with chronic kidney disease.

Aim: Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). We investigated LUTD and other possible predictors of impaired HRQoL in children with conservatively treated moderate-to-severe CKD or with a kidney transplant.

Methods: All 64 children with CKD or a kidney transplant treated at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, between June 2011 and December 2012 were approached and 59 children aged 8-18 were enrolled in the study.

Comparison of plasma clearance of iohexol and urinary clearance of inulin for measurement of GFR in children.

Background: Very few studies have been published that compare plasma clearance of iohexol (Cio) with renal clearance of inulin (Cin).

Study Design: Diagnostic test study.

Setting & Participants: 60 children aged 11.

Lower urinary tract symptoms in children and adolescents with chronic renal failure.

Purpose: Lower urinary tract symptoms are common in children after renal transplantation. However, it is unclear whether lower urinary tract symptoms are present before transplantation or appear postoperatively. We sought to evaluate bladder function in children before renal transplantation.

Urinary tract infections and bladder dysfunction after renal transplantation in children.

Purpose: Urinary tract infection remains a major cause of morbidity in pediatric renal transplant recipients. In otherwise healthy children bladder dysfunction increases the susceptibility to urinary tract infection. The aims of this study were to determine whether bladder dysfunction affects the incidence of urinary tract infection after renal transplantation, and to assess the impact of recurrent urinary tract infections on graft function.

Bladder dysfunction in children and adolescents after renal transplantation.

The underlying mechanisms of urinary-tract infections (UTI) in renal transplant recipients are still not fully understood. In otherwise healthy children, bladder dysfunction increases the susceptibility to UTI. The aim of this study was to evaluate lower-urinary-tract function in children and adolescents after renal transplantation.