Rapid access to renal transplant waiting list in children: impact of patient and centre characteristics in France.

Background: Major inequalities in access to renal transplant waiting lists have been demonstrated among adult patients both in the USA and Europe. In this French nationwide study, we sought to ascertain the influence of patient and centre characteristics.

Methods: We included all children (<18 years) in the French End-Stage Renal Disease National Registry, who started renal replacement therapy (RRT) between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2011.

[Inflammation and insulin resistance: chronic renal disease features].

Chronic renal disease is a state of microinflammation and insulin resistance. They both impact on the patient's outcome with an increased cardiovascular morbi-mortality and malnutrition. Current evidence suggests that there is a link between these two abnormal conditions.