Worsening renal function in children hospitalized with decompensated heart failure: evidence for a pediatric cardiorenal syndrome?

• Published in: Pediatric critical care medicine Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 279
• Main Authors: Price, Jack F, Mott, Antonio R, Dickerson, Heather A, Jefferies, John Lynn, Nelson, David P, Chang, Anthony C, O'Brian Smith, E, Towbin, Jeffrey A, Dreyer, William J, Denfield, Susan W, Goldstein, Stuart L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2008
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Female; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Kidney Diseases - complications; Kidney Diseases - physiopathology; Kidney Diseases - therapy; Kidney Function Tests; Male; Syndrome; Treatment Outcome

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of renal insufficiency in children hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure and whether worsening renal function is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcome. Prospective observational cohort study. Single-center children'...