Kt/V or Bicarbonate: What Is More Important for Growth in Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Patients?

Introduction: Growth retardation is a common problem in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease. It is unknown if the growth of children on peritoneal dialysis (PD) can be augmented by more dialysis.

Methods: We studied the effect of various peritoneal adequacy parameters on delta height standard deviation scores (SDSs) and growth velocity z-scores in 53 children (27 males) on PD, who underwent 2 longitudinal adequacy tests at 9-month intervals.

Kidney complications in 107 Fanconi anemia patients submitted to hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare disease characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, cancer predisposition, and multiple systemic malformations, including congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), the only potentially curative treatment for the hematological complications of FA, may precipitate acute kidney injury (AKI) and hypertension. We retrospectively investigated 107 FA patients who underwent HCT between 2009 and 2017.

Impact of the use of nephrotoxic drugs in critically ill pediatric patients.

Objective: To evaluate the association between the use of nephrotoxic drugs and acute kidney injury in critically ill pediatric patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study involving all children admitted to the intensive care unit of a pediatric hospital during a 1-year period. Acute kidney injury was defined according to the KDIGO classification.

Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as an Early Marker Of Vascular Damage In Hypertensive Children.

Background: The increased carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) correlates with the presence of atherosclerosis in adults and describes vascular abnormalities in both hypertensive children and adolescents.

Objective: To assess CIMT as an early marker of atherosclerosis and vascular damage in hypertensive children and adolescents compared with non-hypertensive controls and to evaluate the influence of gender, age, and body mass index (BMI) on CIMT on each group.

Methods: Observational cohort study.

Assessment of Intima-Media Thickness in Healthy Children Aged 1 to 15 Years.

Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to be increased in children and adolescents with traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease, compared with those of healthy children.

Objective: To assess the influence of sex, age and body mass index (BMI) on the CIMT in healthy children and adolescents aged 1 to 15 years.

Methods: A total of 280 healthy children and adolescents (males, n=175; mean age, 7.

Carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque represent different adaptive responses to traditional cardiovascular risk factors.

Aim: To assess the effects of each traditional cardiovascular risk factor (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and smoking), including the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), on carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and to assess the degree of carotid plaque occurrence.

Methods: A total of 553 outpatients (216 men and 337 women; mean age 67.06 ± 12.

Audiological findings in patients submitted to kidney transplant.

Purpose: To investigate the auditory behavior of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing kidney transplantation.

Methods: Thirty patients were evaluated, 10 (33.33%) females and 20 (66.

Vestibular dysfunction in adolescents and young adults after kidney transplant.

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease is a slowly progressive disease that causes irreversible loss of renal function and is considered a public health problem worldwide.

Objective: To evaluate the vestibular behavior in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing renal transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed.