Daily on line haemodiafiltration promotes catch-up growth in children on chronic dialysis | Zendy

Michel Fischbach | Zendy; Janoš Terzić | Zendy; Soraya Menouer | Zendy; Céline Dheu | Zendy; Laure Seugé | Zendy; A. Zalosczic | Zendy

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Daily on line haemodiafiltration promotes catch-up growth in children on chronic dialysis

Author(s) -

Michel Fischbach,

Janoš Terzić,

Soraya Menouer,

Céline Dheu,

Laure Seugé,

A. Zalosczic

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp565

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hemodialysis , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , pediatrics

In children, growth can be used as a measurable parameter of adequate nutrition and dialysis dose. Despite daily administration of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), growth retardation remains a frequent problem in children on chronic dialysis. Therefore, we performed an observational prospective non-randomized study of children on in-centre daily on line haemodiafiltration (D-OL-HDF) dialysis with the aim of promoting growth.

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