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Open AccessCorrection: Perioperative water and electrolyte balance and water homeostasis regulation in children with acute surgery
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Open AccessPerioperative water and electrolyte balance and water homeostasis regulation in children with acute surgery
Hospital-acquired hyponatremia remains a feared event in patients receiving hypotonic fluid therapy. Our objectives were to assess post-operative plasma-sodium concentration and to provide a physiological expl...
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Sodium and water homeostasis in children admitted with acute appendicitis: a prospective study
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Open AccessClinical value of ambulatory blood pressure in pediatric patients after renal transplantation
Hypertension is a highly prevalent co-morbidity in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Undertreated hypertension is associated with cardiovascular complications and negatively impacts renal graft survival....
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Obesity in children with end-stage renal disease
A recent publication by Bonthuis et al. shows a high prevalence of overweight or obesity in children with end-stage renal disease, particularly in renal transplant recipients. Underweight is more prevalent in in...
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Renal transplantation in infants and small children
There are still concerns about renal transplantation in small children. The aim of this study was to identify prenatal data, underlying diseases, patient and graft survival, graft function and growth in young ...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of hypotonic and near-isotonic saline for parenteral fluid therapy given at low maintenance rate in preventing significant change in plasma sodium in post-operative pediatric patients: protocol for a prospective randomized non-blinded study
Hyponatremia is the most frequent electrolyte abnormality observed in post-operative pediatric patients receiving intravenous maintenance fluid therapy. If plasma sodium concentration (p-Na+) declines to levels b...
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IgA nephropathy associated with a novel N-terminal mutation in factor H
Most patients with IgA nephropathy exhibit complement deposition in the glomerular mesangium. Certain cases of IgA nephropathy have been associated with reduced levels of complement factor H. A recent study co...
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Potential cardiovascular risk factors in paediatric renal transplant recipients
Cyclosporin (CsA) therapy is associated with side effects such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and nephrotoxicity. Tacrolimus (Tac) has been shown to be more favourable in this respect. We retrospectively anal...
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Use of atorvastatin in hyperlipidemic hypertensive renal transplant recipients
The aim of the present short-term study was to evaluate the use of a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, atorvastatin, in the treatment of hyperlipidemia and the effect on blood pressure in a group of hypertensi...
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Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in nasopharynx carcinoma
The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or SIADH has been reported in various disorders. We report a pediatric patient with nasopharynx carcinoma who may have developed a clinica...
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Renal function in predialysis children with chronic renal failure treated with erythropoietin
To assess the effect of long-term administration of human recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) on renal function, 11 anemic children aged 1.4 – 17.2 years were followed for 10 – 61 (mean 31) months on treatment. ...
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Pharmacokinetics of a new microemulsion formulation of cyclosporin A (Neoral) in young patients after renal transplantation
Pharmacokinetics of the new galenic formulation of cyclosporin A, Neoral, (Sandoz) was examined in 12 stable young patients after renal transplantation. Six of these patients were tested before and 4 weeks aft...
