Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children on chronic hemodialysis - Uremia related (non-traditional) risk factors, part II

As among adults kidney disease, cardiovascular disease has recently emerged as a significant source of morbidity mortality even among children kidney Both traditional and non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors are present among children with kidney disease, many of these risk factors are closely intertwined the development progression of kidney disease. Although few pediatric data are available, management children chronic kidney disease, as well as management adults, should probably include treatment of these risk factors avoid the development of early cardiovascular In addition the traditional risk factors, there are a lot of non-traditional or uremia-related risk factors. Non-traditional risk factors are marked as uremic toxins sometimes it is difficult to separate them from the metabolic disturbances induced by renal failure.