title: Cardiorespiratory fitness: a comparison between children with renal transplantation and children with congenital solitary functioning kidney.
abstract: Children with end-stage renal disease are known to have a cardiorespiratory fitness significantly reduced. This is considered to be an independent index predictive of mortality mainly due to cardiovascular accidents. The effects of renal transplantation on cardiorespiratory fitness are incompletely known. We compared the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) of children with a functioning renal transplant with that of children with congenital solitary functioning kidney, taking into consideration also the amount of weekly sport activity.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Department, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. riccardo.lubrano@uniroma1.it.|Servizio di Nefrologia Pediatrica, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Roma, Italia. riccardo.lubrano@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-955X
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lubrano
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Department, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tancredi
authors.affiliation: General Pediatrics and Pediatric Acute and Emergency Unit, Policlinico-Vittorio-Emanuele University Hospital, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Falsaperla
authors.affiliation: DIBIC-Biomedical and Clinic Science Department, "Luigi Sacco", the University of Milan-VMS Vialba Medical School, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000072599:Cardiorespiratory Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Cardiorespiratory fitness; Child; Chronic renal failure; Physical activity; Renal transplant; Solitary functioning kidney; VO2 max