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Post‐transplantation growth among pediatric recipients of liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Evans Idris V.R.,
Belle Steven H.,
Wei Yuling,
Penovich Carol,
Ruppert Kris,
Detre Katherine M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00326.x
Subject(s) - transplantation , medicine , liver transplantation , el niño , pediatrics , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing
Improving a patient's quality‐of‐life (QOL) post‐liver transplantation is of great importance. An aspect of improved QOL is the restoration of normal growth patterns in pediatric patients. To describe the post‐transplantation growth patterns of 72 children included in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases – Liver Transplantation Database (NIDDK‐LTD), multilevel models were used, according to which children who waited more than a year for transplantation were smaller, compared with age and sex matched peers, at transplantation than children who waited less than a year while children who were growth retarded at transplantation experienced a larger yearly comparison height increase than children who were not growth retarded. The analysis also showed that boys older than 2 yr and younger than 13 yr at transplantation and girls older than 2 yr and younger than 11 yr at transplantation were significantly less growth retarded at transplantation than boys and girls under the age of 2 yr at transplantation.