Cognitive and academic outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease.

Siah KimAnita Van ZwietenJennifer LorenzoRabia KhalidSuncica LahKerry ChenMadeleine DidsburyAnna FrancisSteven MctaggartAmanda WalkerFiona E MackieChanel PrestidgeArmando Teixeira-PintoAllison TongKatrina BlazekBelinda BartonJonathan C CraigGermaine Wong

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2022)

Children treated with KRT have low average cognitive abilities and lower academic performance for numeracy and literacy compared to both children with CKD 1-5 and to the general population. However, the rate of decline in academic performance over time is similar for children across the full spectrum of CKD. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
young adults
end stage renal disease
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
weight loss
peritoneal dialysis
glycemic control