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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate cardiovascular involvement in children and adolescents with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and to characterize the main risk factors associated with this outcome. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of 69 children and adolescents at renal transplantation and 33 healthy individuals matched by age and gender. The study outcomes were left ventricular mass z-score (LVMZ) and carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT). The potential risk factors considered were age, gender, CKD etiology, use of oral vitamin D and calcium-based phosphate binders, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index z-score, time since diagnosis, dialysis duration, serum levels of ionic calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, fibroblast growth factor (FGF 23), uric acid, homocysteine, cholesterol, triglycerides, C-reactive protein (CRP), vitamin D and hemoglobin. RESULTS: In the multivariate analysis, the factors associated with LVMZ were dialysis duration, age, systolic blood pressure, serum hemoglobin and HDL cholesterol levels. Regarding CIMT, in the multivariate analysis, systolic blood pressure was the only factor associated with the outcome. CONCLUSION: Children exhibited important cardiovascular involvement at the time of the renal transplantation. Both of the studied outcomes were independently associated with systolic blood pressure. For this reason, controlling blood pressure seems to be the main therapy to minimize cardiovascular involvement in children with ESRD.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology , Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications , Time Factors , Echocardiography , Case-Control Studies , Linear Models , Cross-Sectional Studies , Multivariate Analysis , Risk Factors , Ventricular Function, Left , Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/etiology , Risk Assessment , Dialysis/adverse effects , Carotid Intima-Media Thickness , Hypertension/complications , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapyABSTRACT
Este estudo objetivou realizar revisão da literatura para verificar prevalência, fatores de risco e condições clínicas associadas à hipofosfatemia em crianças gravemente doentes. Para a pesquisa foram utilizadas as bases de dados Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Lilacs abrangendo estudos clínicos publicados de janeiro de 1990 a janeiro de 2004. Os termos utilizados para pesquisa foram: critically ill, pediatric intensive care, trauma, sepsis, infectious diseases, malnutrition, inflammatory response, surgery, starvation, respiratory failure, diuretic, steroid, antiacid therapy, mechanical ventilation. Foram excluídos estudos referentes a distúrbios endócrinos, síndromes genéticas, raquitismo, nefropatias, anorexia nervosa, alcoolismo e prematuridade. Dos 27 artigos inicialmente identificados, 8 referiam-se à faixa etária pediátrica, sendo a maioria deles relatos de casos isolados. Nos estudos clínicos selecionados, a prevalência de hipofosfatemia foi superior a 50%. Os principais fatores associados à hipofosfatemia foram realimentação, desnutrição, sepse, trauma, uso de diuréticos e corticoesteróides. Considerando-se a elevada prevalência, as repercussões clínicas e os múltiplos fatores de risco para hipofosfatemia em crianças internadas em unidade de cuidados intensivos, a identificação precoce de pacientes suscetíveis a esse distúrbio é essencial para o tratamento oportuno e prevenção de complicações.