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- Title
Cardiorespiratory fitness: a comparison between children with renal transplantation and children with congenital solitary functioning kidney.
- Authors
Lubrano, Riccardo; Tancredi, Giancarlo; Falsaperla, Raffaele; Elli, Marco
- Abstract
Children with end-stage renal disease are known to have a cardiorespiratory fitness significantly reduced. This is considered to be an independent index predictive of mortality mainly due to cardiovascular accidents. The effects of renal transplantation on cardiorespiratory fitness are incompletely known. We compared the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) of children with a functioning renal transplant with that of children with congenital solitary functioning kidney, taking into consideration also the amount of weekly sport activity.
- Subjects
CHRONIC kidney failure complications; COMPARATIVE studies; KIDNEY transplantation; OXYGEN consumption; PHYSICAL activity; CHILDREN
- Publication
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2016, Vol 42, p1
- ISSN
1720-8424
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13052-016-0299-7