RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Treatment of terminal renal failure in children by home dialysis and transplantation
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 457
OP 464
DO 10.1136/adc.46.248.457
VO 46
IS 248
A1 Jones, J. M. Boulton
A1 Cameron, J. S.
A1 Bewick, M.
A1 Ogg, C. S.
A1 Meadow, S. R.
A1 Ellis, F. G.
YR 1971
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/46/248/457.abstract
AB Eleven children, aged 6 to 17 years, suffering from irreversible renal failure, were treated by regular haemodialysis. This was preparatory to renal transplantation in 6 children. During periods of 8 to 26 months none of these patients have died. Both regular haemodialysis and transplantation present unsolved problems. With dialysis, the relation between the diet, amount of dialysis, growth, and sexual development have still to be worked out. With transplantation, better ways of achieving good and controlled immunosuppression must be found. In both types of treatment, the psychological and social trauma to both the patients and their families must be evaluated and treated.