Gastrostomy Tube Insertion in Pediatric Patients With Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD): Current Practice.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a severe hepatorenal disorder of childhood. Early renal disease in ARPKD may require renal replacement therapy and is associated with failure to thrive resulting in a need for nasogastric tube feeding or gastrostomy. In ARPKD patients, the benefit of a gastrostomy in nutrition and growth needs to be weighed against the potential risk of complications of congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) and portal hypertension like variceal bleeding. CHF in ARPKD has thus been considered as a relative contraindication for gastrostomy insertion. Yet, data on gastrostomies in pediatric patients with ARPKD is lacking. Methods: We conducted a web-based survey study among pediatric nephrologists, pediatric hepatologists and ped

SUBMITTER: Burgmaier K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5994991 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature