a Record control number WOS:000296643400033

a ISSN 0163-2116

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WI 140

b Item number .E93 2011

a Personal name Baran, Masallah.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Evaluation of Growth After Liver Transplantation in Turkish Children

c Statement of responsibility, etc Masallah Baran, Murat Cakir, Fatih Unal, Gokhan Tumgor, Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya, Cigdem Arikan, Murat Kilic, Sema Aydogdu.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Springer,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.

a Summary, etc Aims Currently, the main interest in childhood liver transplantation (LT) is to prevent long-term complications and optimize growth. The aim of this study is to analyze (1) nutritional status in the pretransplantation period, and (2) posttransplantation growth and associated factors in children.Patients and Methods Eighty children were included in the study. Height (Z (H)) and weight (Z (W)) Z scores were calculated before transplantation and postoperatively at the 6th month and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year. Results Patients' Z (H) and Z (W) scores at LT were -1.6 +/- A 1.3 and -1.5 +/- A 1.4, respectively. Both Z (H) and Z (W) scores increased after LT, especially in the first 6 months, and then continued to rise gradually. Both reached beyond -1 Z score at 2nd year and -0.5 at 4th year. Age, primary diagnosis, total steroid dose (< 1,000 mg), and absence of rejection episodes had positive impact on posttransplantation growth, whereas gender, immunosuppression type, surgical complications, and presence of tumor had no impact on posttransplantation growth. Age at time of LT was negatively correlated with Z (W) score at 5th year (P = 0.02, r = -0.43). Both Z (W) and Z (H) scores at time of LT were positively correlated with Z (W) and Z (H) scores and negatively correlated with a dagger Z (W) and a dagger Z (H) scores at 5th year.Conclusions LT is not only a modern, life-saving treatment technique but also an efficient method of facilitating growth, an indispensable component of childhood and the best indicator of health.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Gastroenterology & Hepatology

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Liver transplantation

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Children

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Growth

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Catch-Up Growth

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Posttransplantatıon Growth

g Relationship information NOV 2011, Vol 56 Issue 11, p3343-3349

x International Standard Serial Number 01632116

t Title Dıgestıve Dıseases And Scıences

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1727-6