Children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have rates of mortality estimated to be 30-
times higher than expected for age compared with those of healthy children. Physical …

Abstract Background Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (FGF23) and cofactor Klotho are key
regulators of mineral metabolism in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but little is known about …

BACKGROUND: Protein-energy malnutrition occurs commonly in patients receiving
hemodialysis (HD). Although serum albumin (sAlb) is recommended to monitor nutrition …

Objectives The association between dietary protein intake (DPI) and mortality in people
receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) remains uncertain. We aimed to explore the …

Residual renal function (RRF) has been associated with a better nutritional status in adult
patients on chronic dialysis, but there is as yet no data available for young patients on …

Abstract “Adequate” dialysis is often defined as a minimum clinically acceptable dose, below
which occurs an unacceptable risk of poor outcomes. The term “dialysis adequacy” has …

Since 1978, when continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) was first introduced for
the treatment of pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a series of …

While renal transplantation remains the most prevalent treatment for children with end‐stage
renal disease, the majority of children incident to ESRD receive dialytic therapy prior to …

Malnutrition in children adversely affects growth and neurocognitive and sexual
development; therefore, nutritional management for children with chronic kidney disease …

Background Nephrotic syndrome (NS) in children has been associated with a systemic
circulating permeability factor. Therefore, once peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been started …