Renal impairment in children with posterior urethral valves

Renal impairment in children with posterior urethral valves

Background Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are a common cause of end-stage renal failure in childhood. Our aim was to describe a cohort of patients with PUV and to investigate the predictors of renal impairment. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review of children with PUV who were followed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) West), 2013-06, Vol.28 (6), p.927-931
Hauptverfasser: Kari, Jameela Abdulaziz, El-Desoky, Sherif, Farag, Youssef, Mosli, Hisham, Altyieb, Abdul-Malik, Al Sayad, Ahmad, Radawi, Othman, Ghabra, Hosam, Basnawi, Faten, Bahrawi, Ohood, Singh, Ajay, Farsi, Hassan
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Sprache:eng
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Ablation
Age
Bladder
Care and treatment
Child
Child, Preschool
Chronic kidney failure
Creatinine
Creatinine - blood
Cystostomy
Diagnosis
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Investigations
Kidney diseases
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nephrology
Original Article
Pediatrics
Physiological aspects
Regression analysis
Renal Insufficiency - etiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk factors
Statistical significance
Urethra
Urethra - abnormalities
Urinary tract infections
Urology
Valves
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Zusammenfassung:Background Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are a common cause of end-stage renal failure in childhood. Our aim was to describe a cohort of patients with PUV and to investigate the predictors of renal impairment. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review of children with PUV who were followed at King Abdulaziz University hospital between 2002 and 2011. Results The cohort comprised 68 boys. There was a significant difference in the duration of follow-up ( p  = 0.024), nadir serum creatinine ( p  
ISSN:0931-041X
1432-198X
DOI:10.1007/s00467-012-2390-7