title: Experience with chronic peritoneal dialysis in infants.
abstract: We describe our experience with chronic peritoneal dialysis in 17 infants. Fourteen boys and 3 girls, aged 2.7-22.5 months, were on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for 215.1 months with 5 infants on continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) for 71.2 months subsequently. Analysis of growth and biochemical data on 16 CAPD and 5 CCPD patients showed poor linear growth despite improved weight gain, high incidence of developmental delay, tendency to lower plasma albumin, phosphate and sodium and increased plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Overall chronic peritoneal dialysis proved to be a possible and effective means of dialysis in infants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Qamar
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Balfe
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D015430:Weight Gain