Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30141178›Full record

ReviewPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2019

Acute pancreatitis in children on chronic maintenance dialysis.

Enrico Vidal, Irene Alberici, Enrico Verrina, Italian Registry of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis

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Review in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Non-infectious complications of peritoneal dialysis in children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Enrico VidalPediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department for Woman's and Child's Health, University-Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128, Padova, Italy. enrico.vidal@inwind.it.ORCID 0000-0003-3963-0803
Irene AlbericiPediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department for Woman's and Child's Health, University-Hospital of Padova, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128, Padova, Italy.
Enrico VerrinaDialysis Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Italian Registry of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis
University of Padua · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients on dialysis are exposed to a series of factors that are known to be associated with risk of acute pancreatitis (AP), including medications, hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia, and hypertriglyceridemia; the role of the dialysis modality itself is still debated. Data regarding AP in children on chronic dialysis are scarce. Data from the Italian Registry of Pediatric Chronic Dialysis (IRPCD) confirm that children on dialysis have a significant increased relative risk (RR) for AP as compared with the general pediatric population (RR 60.4; 95% CI 3.2-214). Diagnosis of AP in patients on dialysis may be troublesome, because it can mimic other acute intraabdominal conditions and the role of serum pancreatic enzyme assays may be confounding. In this setting, instrumental imaging is mandatory. Conservative management such as fluid, bowel rest, and antibiotics is the mainstay of AP management, as necrotizing forms are rare. Mortality in the series of 12 patients from the IRPCD was high (25%), but deaths were not directly related to AP. Adult case series confirm that mortality among patients on dialysis who develop AP is highly variable (8-58%), but higher as compared to 10% mortality from AP in non-renal failure patients.

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AdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsChildChild, PreschoolDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFluid TherapyHumansIncidenceItalyKidney Failure, ChronicMalePancreasPancreatitisRegistriesRenal DialysisAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcute pancreatitisChildrenDialysisHemodialysisPancreatitisPeritoneal dialysis

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PMID30141178
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