Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Chronic renal failure can cause significant growth impairment. Many factors contribute towards growth failure and it has a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. Patients who undergo renal transplantation experience some ’catch-up’ growth but most patients do not reach their target height. It is important that growth is monitored regularly and growth failure addressed, including offering patients growth hormone (GH) where appropri...