Cytomegalovirus and paediatric renal transplants: is this a current issue?

Objective: An observational retrospective multicentre study of kidney transplants in paediatric patients was performed to evaluate the current situation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in this population, before our participation in an international clinical trial of prophylaxis for 6 months.

Material And Method: Our study included 239 patients aged <19 years, from 5 Spanish centres between 2005-2009, with 1 year of follow-up.

Results: Pretransplant CMV serology was negative in 54% of recipients and 34.

[Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in Spanish pediatric population. REPIR II Project].

Objective: A national registry of children with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) was started in 2007. We analize it to know the incidence, prevalence, demography, etiology, clinical and metabolic state of the children with CKD, in stages 2-5 pre-dialysis, and complying with the K/DOQI guidelines.

Material And Methods: In the REPIR II 46 centers distributed throughout the Spanish geography are involved.

[Outcome of Henoch-Schönlein nephropathy in pediatric patients. Prognostic factors].

Objective: To analyze epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data, renal survival curve and short-term (2 years) and long-term (5 years) prognostic factors in children with nephropathy secondary to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analitic cohort study. Clinical records of 100 children diagnosed with HSP at H.