Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
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Open AccessHealth-related quality of life of children with X-linked hypophosphatemia in Germany
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a rare inherited phosphate-wasting disorder associated with bone and dental complications. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is reduced in XLH patients on conventional t...
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Role of hypertension in progression of pediatric CKD
Hypertension is frequent in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Its prevalence varies according to CKD stage and cause. It is relatively uncommon in children with congenital kidney disease, while acqui...
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Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease and Nephroprotective Therapy
In childhood chronic kidney disease (CKD), progression towards kidney replacement therapy is common and once a significant impairment of kidney function has occurred, CKD tends to progress almost irrespectivel...
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Renal Hypertension: Etiology and Management
The kidneys are key players in the homeostasis of blood pressure. In healthy subjects, the kidneys control both blood volume and vascular tone. Volume homeostasis is regulated by renal excretion of water and e...
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Methodology and Norms in Children
Over the last decades, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has become the method of choice for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of arterial hypertension in adult and pediatric patients. ABPM al...
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Definition, diagnosis and management of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction: consensus of the ERKNet CAKUT-Obstructive Uropathy Work Group
Fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO) is associated with high mortality and postnatal morbidity caused by lung hypoplasia and impaired kidney function. Specific diagnostic features that can guide clinic...
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Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease and Nephroprotection in Children
Progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) towards kidney replacement therapy is inevitable in some CKD patients and once significant impairment of kidney function has occurred it tends to progress almost irr...
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Methodology and Norms in Children
Over the last decades, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has become a method of choice for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of arterial hypertension in adult and pediatric patients. ABPM allo...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease and Nephroprotection in Children
Progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) towards kidney replacement therapy is inevitable in some CKD patients and once significant impairment of kidney function has occurred it tends to progress almost irr...
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Management of Hypertension in Pediatric Dialysis Patients
Hypertension is common among both peritoneal and hemodialysis patients. It is an important modifiable condition, and one of the most important contributors to the excess morbidity and mortality in this populat...
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Open AccessSevere neurological outcomes after very early bilateral nephrectomies in patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)
To test the association between bilateral nephrectomies in patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) and long-term clinical outcome and to identify risk factors for severe outcomes, a...
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Sex and age as determinants for high blood pressure in pediatric renal transplant recipients: a longitudinal analysis of the CERTAIN Registry
High prevalence of arterial hypertension is known in pediatric renal transplant patients, but how blood pressure (BP) distribution and control differ between age groups and whether sex and age interact and pot...
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Renale Hypertonie
Die renale Hypertonie ist die häufigste Ursache einer sekundären Hypertonie im Kindesalter und liegt vor, wenn eine renoparenchymatöse oder renovaskuläre Erkrankung ursächlich für die Blutdruckerhöhung ist. Je...
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Open AccessClinical practice recommendations for growth hormone treatment in children with chronic kidney disease
Achieving normal growth is one of the most challenging problems in the management of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (GH) promotes longitudinal growt...
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Open AccessClinical courses and complications of young adults with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD)
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a severe pediatric hepatorenal disorder with pronounced phenotypic variability. A substantial number of patients with early diagnosis reaches adulthood ...
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Genetic associations of hemoglobin in children with chronic kidney disease in the PediGFR Consortium
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in healthy populations have identified variants associated with erythrocyte traits, but genetic causes of hemoglobin variation in children with CKD are incompletely under...
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Steroid withdrawal improves blood pressure control and nocturnal dip** in pediatric renal transplant recipients: analysis of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial
Variable effects of steroid minimization strategies on blood pressure in pediatric renal transplant recipients have been reported, but data on the effect of steroid withdrawal on ambulatory blood pressure and ...
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Renale Hypertonie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
Die renale Hypertonie ist die häufigste Ursache einer sekundären Hypertonie im Kindesalter und liegt vor, wenn eine renoparenchymatöse oder renovaskuläre Erkrankung ursächlich für die Blutdruckerhöhung ist. Je...
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Treatment of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease
Renoparenchymal and renovascular disorders are the most common causes of secondary hypertension in childhood and adolescence, accounting for approximately 85% of cases. The prevalence of hypertension in pediat...
