ea0039ep115 | Pituitary and growth | BSPED2015
Lythgoe Hanna
, O'Hagan Emma
, Shenoy Mohan
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...