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The aim of the study was to estimate the results of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) treatment in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). 60 growth retarded children with ESRD (mean age 11.2 +/- 7.2 years) were treated with rhGH at a dose of 1-1.1 IU/kg/week. The time of observation was 24 months. Thirty children completed first year, 18--second year of treatment. The mean growth velocity prior to the treatment was 3.03 +/- 1.9, during first year of the study--7.52 +/- 2.42, during second year 6.68 +/- 2.87 cm/year. The negative correlation between growth velocity and patient's age (r = -0.39; p < 0.05) suggest the better growth results in younger children during rhGH treatment. The rhGH therapy is effective method of treatment in growth retarded children with ESRD. Side effects are rare.
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Transtornos do Crescimento/complicações , Transtornos do Crescimento/tratamento farmacológico , Hormônio do Crescimento Humano/uso terapêutico , Falência Renal Crônica/complicações , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
The aim of the study was to assess an effect of lipid lowering diet on serum lipids in peritoneal dialysis patients. Total cholesterol (TC) decreased after 3 months of low-fat diet from 203.7 mg/dl to 181 mg/dl, probably due to increased P/S ratio (PUFA/SFA) from 0.4 to 0.57. After another 3 months of the diet, a decrease in P/S ratio and concomitant increase in TC and LDL-C levels were found. Nutritional status of patients during lipid lowering diet was stable.
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Hiperlipidemias/sangue , Hiperlipidemias/dietoterapia , Falência Renal Crônica/terapia , Diálise Peritoneal Ambulatorial Contínua , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Colesterol/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
The strain classified as Enterobacter hafniae has been isolated in a severe epidemy of porcine diarrhoea. Its pathogenicity has been found to be cotransmissible with resistance to oxytetracycline when the strain was grown in a mixed culture with some nonpathogenic E. hafniae strains as well as with Escherichia coli. Toxinogenity seems to be responsible for virulence of the strain.
