Aggressive therapy of infants with renal failure.
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.
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Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
Whelchel
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Waldo
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Diethelm
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D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis