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Original Source: The Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease Study
Children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Recent studies suggest that pediatric patients with even moderately impaired kidney function may be afflicted with significant early cardiac and vascular abnormalities. The pathogenesis and the natural course of CV comorbidity in pediatric CKD patients is still elusive. In this multicenter, prospective, observational study the prevalence, degree and...
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Dyslipidemia is a generally asymptomatic disease in which serum lipid levels deviate from the normal level. It is considered to be a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease due to its dire...
Substance Use in Children and Adolescents
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Weight and Mortality in Adults With Diabetes—Reply
In Reply: Drs Zeng and Dong and Dr Yano and colleagues suggest that we should have explored the association of weight status at the time of diabetes with cardiovascular morbidity in addition to mortal...
The effect of vitamin D status on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a variety of disorders, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. A potential role for vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular morbidit...
Substantial age-adjusted reductions in cardiovascular mortality and morbidity over the past few decades are being challenged by increases in physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus, and obesity, creati...
Missed sleep may contribute to asthma morbidity
(HealthDay) -- Missed sleep may contribute to asthma morbidity in urban children, according to a study published in the July issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Clinicians Remain Reluctant to Allow Negative Findings to Influence Practice
Results from a recent review of randomized controlled trials suggest that medically treating mild hypertension in individuals with no previous cardiovascular events or cardiovascular disease does not...
Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten
How well are young children vaccinated against various diseases in the US? This new report gives us the latest data from 2011-2012. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
n-3 fatty acids no benefit for high-risk cardio patients
(HealthDay)—For patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors or atherosclerotic vascular disease who have not had a myocardial infarction, daily treatment with n-3 fatty acids does not reduce...
National Vaccination Coverage in Children Aged 19-35 Months
Do the majority of young children in the US have access to the most important childhood vaccinations? This new report investigates. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
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Advances in cardiovascular disease: how far is the summit?
In the last three decades, great achievements have been made in the field of cardiovascular medicine. The rapid development of new drugs, the invention of novel devices and techniques, all of these, h...
C-Reactive Protein and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing.
Obesity is a risk factor for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children. Plasma levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) are predictive of cardiovascular morbidity in adults, and CRP l...
Ocular morbidity in hearing impaired schoolchildren.
Abstract Aims To determine the pattern and prevalence of ocular morbidity in hearing impaired schoolchildren. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the three different deaf scho...
Recent mortality and morbidity rates of Japanese atrial fibrillation patients.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is becoming an epidemiologically important syndrome among the developed countries. Although racial differences exist with regard to AF prevalence, it remains unclear whether t...
Dyslipidemia in children with CKD: should we treat with statins?
Dyslipidemia has been shown to be a risk factor for increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 2-4. In patients on dialysis, a paradoxi...
