Factors affecting catch-up growth after liver transplantation.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab
; 17(8): 1097-103, 2004 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-15379421
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The reported incidence of catch-up growth following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) ranges widely, from 0% to 97%.OBJECTIVE:
We undertook bivariate analysis of multiple factors that might affect post-OLT growth in children undergoing OLT, and described the results with different parameters used to determine catch-up growth.METHODS:
Eighty patients met the inclusion criteria.RESULTS:
Catch-up growth occurred in 14% during the first 6 months, 15% at 1 year, 39% at 2 years, 16% between 3 and 6 years, and 16% after 6 years post-OLT. The earlier catch-up growth was shown in metabolic diagnosis, patients over 10 years old and those without steroids at 1 year post-OLT.CONCLUSIONS:
It is difficult to determine an acceptable definition of catch-up growth. We suggest that Zvel score > or =0 is the best parameter to evaluate catch-up growth, since the results are more normally distributed. Patients with prednisone withdrawal later than 1 year post-OLT and those with diagnosis of hepatitis and cirrhosis showed the slowest catch-up growth.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estatura
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Transplante de Fígado
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Crescimento
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article