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Assessment of cardiovascular risk in paediatric peritoneal dialysis patients: a Turkish Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group (TUPEPD) report
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 06/19/09

Bakkaloglu SA et al. - Elevated levels of atherosclerotic/ inflammatory risk factors, low haemoglobin levels and loss of residual renal function and their negative effects on heart are of remarkable importance in paediatric patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis. Achieving recommended targets for haemoglobin, blood pressure and Kt/V urea, preserving residual renal function as well as managing inflammation and subsequent arteriosclerosis is obviously essential to improve the patients’ prognosis.

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