title: Aggressive therapy of infants with renal failure.
abstract: Nine infants, who presented with renal failure within the first 3 months of life, were treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Seven infants survived to an age of 12-15 months, when they received transplants. Two patients died while on CAPD. Six infants are alive with a functioning renal allograft, at an average age of 35.5 months and an average of 22 months post-transplant. Neurological development is normal in four of the six infants tested. The mean current height of the six transplant recipients is just below 2 SD from the mean.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kohaut
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whelchel
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Waldo
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Diethelm
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis