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Pediatric Nephrology
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Original Article

Growth and maturation improvement in children on renal replacement therapy over the past 20 years

Authors: Doris Franke, Stella Winkel, Jutta Gellermann, Uwe Querfeld, Lars Pape, Jochen H. H. Ehrich, Dieter Haffner, Leo Pavičić, Miroslav Živičnjak

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 10/2013

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Abstract

Background

The attainment of normal growth and maturation remains a major challenge in the management of children and adolescents requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT).

Methods

We compared growth and maturation in 384 German children with RRT who were followed between 1998 and 2009 with 732 children who were enrolled in the European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EDTA) Registry from 1985 to 1988; of these children, 78 and 88 %, respectively, were transplanted.

Results

The data on the German patients included in the EDTA registry did not differ significantly from those of the patients from other European countries. Overall, the mean height standard deviation score (SDS) has improved over the past 20 years from −3.03 to −1.80 (p < 0.001). Until the age of 6 years, the difference in height SDS was not significant, whereas it improved significantly in adolescence (−3.40 vs. −1.52; p < 0.001). Significant improvements in the delay of the pubertal growth spurt, age at menarche, bone maturation and body mass index (BMI) were noted in the recent German group compared to the EDTA group (each p < 0.001).

Conclusions

Our findings demonstrate a marked improvement of growth and maturation in paediatric patients on RRT during the past 20 years.
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Metadata
Title
Growth and maturation improvement in children on renal replacement therapy over the past 20 years
Authors
Doris Franke
Stella Winkel
Jutta Gellermann
Uwe Querfeld
Lars Pape
Jochen H. H. Ehrich
Dieter Haffner
Leo Pavičić
Miroslav Živičnjak
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-013-2502-z

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