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Kidney Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Global Perspective of Clinical Practice. New York, NY: Informa Healthcare USA. 2006. 266 p.

This textbook presents a global perspective of clinical practice regarding kidney disorders in children and adolescents. The book emphasizes diagnosis and treatment, rather than etiology, pathology, and pathogenesis, which are covered in other textbooks. The text includes 22 chapters: normal kidney function and development and the choice of laboratory studies in children; radiographic studies in children with kidney disorders; congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract; neonatal kidney problems; mass screening for kidney disease in children; hematuria and proteinuria; the nephrotic syndrome; acute nephritis; chronic nephritis in children, particularly IgA nephropathy; the evaluation, monitoring, and therapy of hypertension; cardiovascular disease in patients with kidney disorders in childhood and adolescence; urinary tract infections and vesicoureteral reflux in children; nocturnal enuresis and voiding disorders; renal tubular disorders; acute renal failure and hemolytic uremic syndrome; chronic renal failure and dialysis options; the effects of kidney disorders on the endocrine system; nutritional and growth aspects of the care of children with kidney disease; immunization and anti-microbial therapy for children with chronic kidney disease (CKD); the social and developmental consequences of chronic kidney disease in children; renal transplantation in childhood; and the transition of children with renal diseases into adulthood. Each chapter includes black-and-white illustrations and photographs and concludes with an extensive list of references. The textbook begins with a section of full-color plates and concludes with a detailed subject index.

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Nutritional and Growth Aspects of the Care of Children with Kidney Disease. IN: Hogg, R., ed. Kidney Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Global Perspective of Clinical Practice. New York, NY: Informa Healthcare USA. 2006. pp 215-224.

This chapter about the nutritional and growth aspects of the care of children with kidney disease is from a textbook that presents a global perspective of clinical practice regarding kidney disorders in children and adolescents. The author reminds readers that chronic kidney disease (CKD) can cause a progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which in turn results in metabolic abnormalities. These abnormalities have a negative impact on the child’s nutritional status and growth. Malnutrition, renal osteodystrophy, anemia, salt wasting, metabolic acidosis, and resistance to hormones mediating growth are all factors that contribute to poor linear growth in children with CKD. The author discusses each of these conditions, after an introduction that considers the assessment and interpretation of growth and nutritional status and the effect of the child’s developmental stage of growth—i.e., infancy, childhood, and puberty—when progressive CKD manifests. The author concludes by applauding recent improvements in early diagnosis, modern dialysis, aggressive nutritional management, early referral to nephrologists, use of recombinant human erythropoietin, and use of recombinant human growth hormone. 4 figures. 54 references.

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Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease. Bethesda, MD: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. 2005. 4 p.

This fact sheet describes growth failure in children with kidney disease. The fact sheet first reviews the role of the kidneys in child growth and development. In addition to removing wastes and extra fluid from the blood, the kidneys produce hormones that promote red blood cell production. The kidneys also help regulate the amounts and interactions of nutrients from food, including minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D, which are necessary for growth. Finally, the kidneys may also play a role in the metabolism of growth hormone, also called somatotropin. The fact sheet describes how chronic kidney failure can have a negative impact on the child’s growth and development, as well as the dietary and other treatment strategies that can be used to counter this effect. A final section briefly considers the use of human growth hormone in children who are very short as a result of kidney disease. Readers are referred to the American Kidney Fund at www.akfinc.org or 1–800–638–8299, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology at www.aspneph.com, and the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org or 1–800–622–9010 for more information. The fact sheet also provides a brief summary of the work of the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC), a service that provides information about diseases of the kidneys and urologic system to patients and their families, the general public, and health care professionals. 2 figures.

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Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease. Bethesda, MD: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. 2003. 4 p.

Serious and long-lasting conditions like kidney failure affect many parts of a child's life. In addition to removing wastes and extra fluid from the blood, the kidneys produce hormones that promote red blood cell production. The kidneys help regulate the amounts and interactions of nutrients from food, including minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D, that are necessary for growth. The kidneys may play a role in the metabolism of growth hormone (somatotropin). This fact sheet presents an overview of growth failure in children with kidney disease. Topics covered include the functions of the kidneys, dietary changes and food supplements that may be prescribed to treat growth failure, the use of a phosphate binder, and the usefulness and safety of using growth hormone in patients with kidney disease. The fact sheet concludes with a list of resource organizations for readers wanting additional information and a brief description of the activities of the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC).

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Overview of Kidney Diseases in Children. Bethesda, MD: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse. 2003. 4 p.

The kidneys perform many functions, including removing wastes and extra water from the blood, regulating blood pressure, balancing chemicals like sodium and potassium, and making hormones that keep the blood and bones healthy. This fact sheet presents an overview of kidney diseases in children. Written in a question-and-answer format, the fact sheet covers the anatomy and function of the kidneys, risk factors for kidney diseases, the causes of kidney failure in children, acute kidney disease (hemolytic uremic syndrome, nephrotic syndrome), chronic kidney diseases (blocked urine flow, glomerular diseases, systemic diseases), the treatments for kidney failure, peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation, including from a living donor or from a deceased donor. The fact sheet concludes with a summary of research programs in this area, a list of resource organizations for readers wanting additional information, and a brief description of the activities of the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). 1 figure.

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Understanding Growth in Kidney Disease. San Francisco, CA: Genentech, Inc. 2003. 20 p.

This booklet helps parents of children with kidney disease understand growth and development in chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) and kidney disease. CRI makes it difficult to attain a normal height and weight, for several reasons, including slow bone growth, malnutrition, and problems using protein effectively. The booklet first reviews the physiology (roles and function) of the kidneys, then provides information on treating CRI-related growth failure with growth hormone. Growth hormone may help some children with CRI grow more normally, especially when started early in life. The booklet is produced by the manufacturer of the growth hormone somatotropin (Nutropin). The booklet is illustrated with friendly colorful drawings and some sections are appropriate for use with children. The booklet concludes with a section of answers to frequently asked questions, a glossary of related medical terms, and a list of additional resource organizations for more information. A word search puzzle is included inside the back cover of the booklet. 6 references.

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Varicella Vaccination in Children with Chronic Renal Failure: A Report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group. Pediatric Nephrology 18(1): 33-38. January 2003.

Children with kidney disease are at risk for serious varicella related complications. This article reports on a study undertaken to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a two-dose regimen of varicella (the virus that causes chickenpox) vaccine in children (aged 1 to 19 years, n = 96) with chronic renal (kidney) insufficiency and on dialysis. Of the 96 patients, 50 (mean age 4.2 years) had no detectable varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibody; 98 percent sero-converted after the two-dose vaccine regimen. At 1, 2, and 3 years' follow up, all patients studied maintained VZV antibody, including 16 who received a transplant. No significant vaccine-associated adverse events were seen. One subject developed mild varicella 16 months post transplant. In multivariate regression analysis, patients vaccinated after 6 years of age had VZV antibody levels 73 percent lower than patients vaccinated before 6 years of age. The authors conclude that a two-dose varicella vaccination regimen was generally well tolerated and highly immunogenic in children with chronic kidney disease. 1 figure. 2 tables. 25 references.

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Growth Failure, Risk of Hospitalization and Death of Children with End-stage Renal Disease. Pediatric Nephrology. 17(6): 450-455. June 2002.

Growth failure remains a significant problem for children with chronic renal insufficiency and end stage renal disease (ESRD). This article reports on a study that examined whether growth failure is associated with more-frequent hospitalizations or higher mortality in children with kidney disease. The authors studied data on prevalent United States pediatric patients with ESRD in 1990 who were followed through 1995. Patients were categorized according to the standard deviation score (SDS) of their incremental growth during 1990. Among 1,112 prevalent pediatric dialysis and transplant patients, those with severe and moderate growth failure had higher hospitalization rates respectively than those with normal growth after adjustment for age, gender, race, cause and duration of ESRD, and treatment modality in 1990. Survival analysis showed 5 year survival rates of 85 percent and 90 percent for patients with severe and moderate growth failure, respectively, compared with 96 percent for patients with normal growth. A higher proportion of deaths in the severe and moderate growth failure groups were attributed to infectious causes (22 percent and 18.7 percent, respectively) than in the normal growth group (15.6 percent). The authors conclude that growth failure is associated with a more complicated clinical course and increased risk of death for children with kidney failure. 1 figure. 3 tables. 15 references.

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Nutrition for Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Guide for Parents. New York, NY: National Kidney Foundation, Inc. 2002. 6 p.

This fact sheet helps parents of children with chronic kidney disease understand the role of appropriate diet in helping to keep their children healthy. The guidelines are intended for children who have reduced kidney function caused by chronic kidney disease, have kidney failure and are receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, or have received a kidney transplant. Topics include a rationale for good nutrition in children with kidney disease; general guidelines regarding caloric intake, protein, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, fluids, and vitamins and minerals; how to monitor a child's nutrition; how to encourage a child to eat healthy foods; growth and development; the use of supplements; and understanding the child's lab values (diagnostic and monitoring tests), including serum albumin, serum bicarbonate, blood pressure, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), body weight, fluid weight gain, calcium, serum creatinine, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), hemoglobin and hematocrit, phosphorus, potassium, urine protein, and TSAT and serum ferritin. The fact sheet offers a blank form for tracking the child's lab values. 1 table.

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