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Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes
Background and Objectives: Pediatric renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Lithuania resumed in 1994 after a 12-year pause in renal transplantation. Management of end stage renal disease (ESRD) has changed, and outcomes have improved over decades. Our aim was to evaluate the dynamics of RRT in Lithuani...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina54050078 |
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author | Viršilas, Ernestas Čerkauskienė, Rimantė Masalskienė, Jūratė Rudaitis, Šarūnas Dobilienė, Diana Jankauskienė, Augustina |
author_facet | Viršilas, Ernestas Čerkauskienė, Rimantė Masalskienė, Jūratė Rudaitis, Šarūnas Dobilienė, Diana Jankauskienė, Augustina |
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description | Background and Objectives: Pediatric renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Lithuania resumed in 1994 after a 12-year pause in renal transplantation. Management of end stage renal disease (ESRD) has changed, and outcomes have improved over decades. Our aim was to evaluate the dynamics of RRT in Lithuania in the period 1994–2015, describe its distinctive features, and compare our results with other countries. Materials and Methods: Data between 1994 and 2015 were collected from patients under the age of 18 years with ESRD receiving RRT. The data included: Hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), transplantation incidence and prevalence, transplant waiting time, dialysis modalities before transplantation, causes of ESRD and gender distribution in transplanted patients, and patient and graft survival. Results: RRT incidence and prevalence maintained an increase up until 2009. Sixty-four transplantations were performed. Juvenile nephronophthisis (25.9%) was the primary cause of ESRD in transplanted children. The transplant waiting time median was 8.0 months. The male to female ratio post-transplantation was 1.02. Patient survival after transplantation at 10 years was 90.0%, while graft survival for living (related) was 77.0% and 51.1% for deceased. Twelve patients died while on RRT. Conclusions: RRT numbers are increasing in Lithuania. HD is the primary treatment of choice before transplantation, with continued low numbers of preemptive transplantation. Patient survival post-transplantation is favorable, though graft survival is less satisfactory. |
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spelling | pubmed-62623352018-12-05 Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes Viršilas, Ernestas Čerkauskienė, Rimantė Masalskienė, Jūratė Rudaitis, Šarūnas Dobilienė, Diana Jankauskienė, Augustina Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Pediatric renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Lithuania resumed in 1994 after a 12-year pause in renal transplantation. Management of end stage renal disease (ESRD) has changed, and outcomes have improved over decades. Our aim was to evaluate the dynamics of RRT in Lithuania in the period 1994–2015, describe its distinctive features, and compare our results with other countries. Materials and Methods: Data between 1994 and 2015 were collected from patients under the age of 18 years with ESRD receiving RRT. The data included: Hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), transplantation incidence and prevalence, transplant waiting time, dialysis modalities before transplantation, causes of ESRD and gender distribution in transplanted patients, and patient and graft survival. Results: RRT incidence and prevalence maintained an increase up until 2009. Sixty-four transplantations were performed. Juvenile nephronophthisis (25.9%) was the primary cause of ESRD in transplanted children. The transplant waiting time median was 8.0 months. The male to female ratio post-transplantation was 1.02. Patient survival after transplantation at 10 years was 90.0%, while graft survival for living (related) was 77.0% and 51.1% for deceased. Twelve patients died while on RRT. Conclusions: RRT numbers are increasing in Lithuania. HD is the primary treatment of choice before transplantation, with continued low numbers of preemptive transplantation. Patient survival post-transplantation is favorable, though graft survival is less satisfactory. MDPI 2018-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6262335/ /pubmed/30400223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina54050078 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Viršilas, Ernestas Čerkauskienė, Rimantė Masalskienė, Jūratė Rudaitis, Šarūnas Dobilienė, Diana Jankauskienė, Augustina Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title | Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title_full | Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title_fullStr | Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title_full_unstemmed | Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title_short | Renal Replacement Therapy in Children in Lithuania: Challenges, Trends, and Outcomes |
title_sort | renal replacement therapy in children in lithuania: challenges, trends, and outcomes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400223 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina54050078 |
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