Maximizing growth in children after renal transplantation

Transplantation. 2009 Dec 27;88(12):1321-2. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181c1e042.

Abstract

Achieving normal height in children after renal transplantation is a crucial issue for both quality of life and self-esteem. The management of growth retardation in renal transplant recipients includes adequate nutritional intake, correction of acidosis, optimal drug compliance, limited calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity, steroid-sparing strategies, and sometimes recombinant human growth hormone.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child Development / physiology*
  • Growth Disorders / etiology
  • Growth Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Recombinant Proteins

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Human Growth Hormone