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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2023

Hyperuricemia: an unrecognized risk factor for kidney-related sequelae in children with hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Alejandro Balestracci, Luciana Meni Battaglia, Ismael Toledo, Laura Beaudoin, Sandra Mariel Martin, Nicolás Ariel Grisolía, Ronald J Hogg

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Article in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Alejandro BalestracciNephrology Unit, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina. abalestracci@yahoo.com.ar.ORCID 0000-0003-4083-2066
Luciana Meni BattagliaNephrology Unit, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-7958-4218
Ismael ToledoNephrology Unit, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-5594-0516
Laura BeaudoinNephrology Unit, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-0028-8249
Sandra Mariel MartinNephrology Unit, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, CP, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-9178-8582
Nicolás Ariel GrisolíaDepartment of Medicine, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Montes de Oca 40, 1270, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-9033-6952
Ronald J Hogg, Frisco, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4087-9561
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Abstract

backgroundChronic kidney-related sequelae after STEC-HUS occur in 20-40% of patients. Hyperuricemia (HU) may cause acute and chronic toxicity involving the kidneys. We retrospectively assessed if there was an association between the presence of HU during the acute illness and that of kidney-related sequelae in children with STEC-HUS.

methodsChildren with STEC-HUS who had clinical and laboratory data at 2 years of follow-up were included in this case-control study. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed between patients with (cases) or without (controls) kidney-related sequelae to identify factors associated with outcomes, including different measures of serum uric acid (sUA) (baseline level, peak, and duration of HU). HU was defined as sUA > 8 mg/dL.

resultsOf 86 patients included, 77.9% had HU. Patients with sequelae (n = 41) had a higher prevalence of HU (41/41 vs. 26/45, p < 0.01), higher baseline leukocyte count, serum creatinine (sCr), and sUA levels as well as lower sodium than controls. During hospitalization, cases also had higher sCr peak, sUA peak and duration of HU, requirement and duration of dialysis, extrarenal complications, and hypertension. By multivariate analysis, after adjusting for length of dialysis, only duration of HU (p = 0.0005; OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.27-2.36) remained as an independent predictor of sequelae, with a best cutoff of 5.5 days (AUC 0.95, specificity 80%, sensitivity 100%).

conclusionsThe presence of HU is a common finding in children with STEC-HUS and its duration during the acute stage was associated with kidney-related sequelae, regardless of the duration of dialysis. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary Information.

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Escherichia coli InfectionsHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHyperuricemiaShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coliCase-Control StudiesChildDisease ProgressionHumansKidneyRenal DialysisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsUric AcidUric AcidChronic kidney diseaseEscherichia coliHemolytic uremic syndromeHyperuricemiaUric acid

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