| Diagnosis of cardiac disease in pediatric end-stage renal disease. | |
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PMID: 20861193 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Cardiac disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This study aimed to report the frequency of cardiac disease diagnostic methods used in US pediatric maintenance hemodialysis patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis of all US pediatric (ages 0.7-18 years, n = 656) maintenance hemodialysis patients was performed using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project. Clinical and laboratory information was collected in 2001. Results were analysed by age, sex, race, Hispanic ethnicity, dialysis duration, body mass index (BMI), primary ESRD cause and laboratory data. RESULTS: Ninety-two percent of the patients had a cardiovascular risk factor (63% hypertension, 38% anemia, 11% BMI > 94th percentile, 63% serum phosphorus > 5.5 mg/dL and 55% calcium-phosphorus product ≥ 55 mg(2)/dL(2)). A diagnosis of cardiac disease was reported in 24% (n = 155) of all patients: left ventricular hypertrophy/enlargement 17%, congestive heart failure/pulmonary edema 8%, cardiomyopathy 2% and decreased left ventricular function 2%. Thirty-one percent of patients were not tested. Of those tested, the diagnostic methods used were chest X-rays in 60%, echocardiograms in 35% and electrocardiograms in 33%; left ventricular hypertrophy/enlargement was diagnosed using echocardiogram (72%), chest X-ray (20%) and electrocardiogram (15%). CONCLUSIONS: Although 92% of patients had cardiovascular risk factors, an echocardiography was performed in only one-third of the patients. Our study raises the question of why echocardiography, considered the gold standard for cardiac disease diagnosis, has been infrequently used in pediatric maintenance dialysis patients, a high-risk patient population. |
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Authors:
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Blanche M Chavers; Craig A Solid; Alan Sinaiko; Frank X Daniels; Shu-Cheng Chen; Allan J Collins; Diane L Frankenfield; Charles A Herzog |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2010-09-22 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association Volume: 26 ISSN: 1460-2385 ISO Abbreviation: Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-05-02 Completed Date: 2011-09-27 Revised Date: 2012-05-01 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8706402 Medline TA: Nephrol Dial Transplant Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1640-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pediatrics University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA. chave001@umn.edu |
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Adolescent Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*, etiology* Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Incidence Infant Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*, therapy Male Prognosis Renal Dialysis* Risk Factors Survival Rate |
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