Outcome of renal transplantation in small infants : a match-controlled analysis / Marcus Weitz, Guido F. Laube, Maria Schmidt, Kai Krupka, Luisa Murer, Dominik Müller, Bernd Hoppe, Anja Büscher, Jens König, Martin Pohl, Therese Jungraithmayr, Florian Thiel, Heiko Billing, Ryszard Grenda, Jacek Rubik, Michael M. Kaabak, Fatos Yalcinkaya, Rezan Topaloglu, Nicholas Webb, Luca Dello Strologo, Lars Pape, Silvio Nadalin, Burkhard Tönshoff

BACKGROUND: Infants with a body weight of less than 10 kg are often not considered to be suitable candidates for renal transplantation (RTx). The objective of this study was to evaluate this arbitrary weight threshold for pediatric RTx. - METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, retrospective, match-controlled cohort study on infants weighing less than 10 kg at time of engrafting (low-weight group [LWG], n = 38) compared to a matched control group (n = 76) with a body weight of 10-15 kg, using data from the first 2 years post-transplant derived from the CERTAIN Registry. - RESULTS: Patient survival was 97 and 100% in the LWG and control groups, respectively (P = 0.33), and death-censored graft survival was 100 and 95% in the LWG and control groups, respectively (P = 0.30). Estimated glomerular filtration rate at 2 years post-transplant was excellent and comparable between the groups (LWG 77.6 ± 34.9 mL/min/1.73 m2; control 74.8 ± 29.1 mL/min/1.73 m2; P = 0.68). The overall incidences of surgery-related complications (LWG 11%, control 23%; P = 0.12) and medical outcome measures (LWG 23%, control 36%, P = 0.17) were not significantly different between the groups. The medical outcome measures included transplant-related viral diseases (LWG 10%, control 21%; P = 0.20), acute rejection episodes (LWG 14%, control 29%; P = 0.092), malignancies (LWG 3%, control 0%; P = 0.33) and arterial hypertension (LWG 73%, control 67%; P = 0.57). - CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that RTx in low-weight children is a feasible option, at least in selected centers with appropriate surgical and medical expertise..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

13 March 2018

2018

Erschienen:

13 March 2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Pediatric nephrology - 33(2018), 6, Seite 1057-1068

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weitz, Marcus, 1974- [VerfasserIn]
Krupka, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Tönshoff, Burkhard [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Body Weight
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Children
Cohort Studies
Female
Graft Survival
Humans
Infant
Infants
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Medical complications
Postoperative Complications
Registries
Renal transplantation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Surgical complications
Thinness
Treatment Outcome

Anmerkungen:

Gesehen am 04.07.2019

Umfang:

12

doi:

10.1007/s00467-018-3895-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1668621703