title: Mortality of chronic hemodialysis and renal transplantation in pediatric end-stage renal disease.
abstract: The long-term mortality of chronic hemodialysis and renal transplantation was analyzed in all children treated for end-stage renal disease at Children's Hospital Medical Center over the pase 8 1/2 years. A total of 216 transplantation or dialysis courses in 120 patients were studied. No patients were excluded from treatment or analysis. Overall actuarial survival was 92% at six months, 90% at 12 months, and 89% at five years. When actuarial survival for each form of treatment was examined, patient survival was 100% at six months and 95% at five years for chronic hemodialysis; 92% at six months and five years for living related transplantation; and 88% at six months and 85% at five years for cadaveric transplantation. We conclude that most children with end-stage renal disease can be kept alive with current treatment programs, and that the mortality of chronic hemodialysis in children is comparable to that of renal transplantation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies