[Percutaneus endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in an infant with chronic renal failure].
Malnutrition is a major problem in patients with chronic renal failure, especially in children in the first three years of life. Meeting high energy needs in these patients may be difficult because of anorexia and vomiting, which are common in predialysis renal failure. Nutritional support for children with chronic renal failure often involves the use of nasogastric tubes or gastrostomy feeding. We describe an infant with pre-dialysis renal failure and severe malnutrition in whom only insertion of percutaneus endoscopic gastrostomy provided adequate caloric intake and satisfactory weight gain.
Zurowska
Aleksandra
A
Klinika Nefrologii Dzieciecej, Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku. azur@amg.gda.pl
Tyl
Joanna
J
Zagozdzon
Ilona
I
Załuska-Leśniewska
Iga
I
D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome