title: [Etiology, prevalence of chronic renal failure and growth retardation in Lithuanian children].
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate the causes, prevalence, and grades of chronic renal failure in Lithuanian children and to assess its influence on children's growth. The study was performed in Vilnius University Children's Hospital and Clinic of Children's Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine. By March 31, 2006, 65 children with chronic renal failure had been registered. The prevalence was 88.3 cases per million children. The mean age was 10.8+/-4.9 years. The leading causes of chronic renal failure were congenital diseases (37%) and obstruction with interstitial nephritis (33.8%). At presentation, 23 (35.40%) children had mild, 17 (26.15%) had moderate, 9 (23.85%) had severe renal failure, and 16 (24.6%) had end-stage renal disease. Fourteen (21.54%) children were below the third percentile in height for their age. Growth failure was observed in one (4.35%) child with Grade 1 renal failure. The deterioration of renal function had a significant influence on growth impairment, and 13 (30.95%) children with glomerular filtration rate of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and 7 (43.75%) with end-stage renal disease had a height below the third percentile. Growth retardation as one of the symptoms of impairment of children's physical development depends on the severity of renal function.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Children's Diseases, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania. pnbirute@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Birute
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pundziene
authors.forename: Jūrate
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masalskiene
authors.forename: Augustina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jankauskiene
authors.forename: Rimante
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerkauskiene
authors.forename: Vilte
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aleksyniene
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobiliene
authors.forename: Sarūnas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudaitis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires