The effect of gastrostomy tube feeding on growth in children with chronic kidney disease and on dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrostomy tube (GT) feeding is used to promote nutrition and growth in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We explored the relationship between gastrostomy feeding and growth parameters in children with CKD, looking specifically at the nutritional composition of feeds.

Methods

Children with CKD stages 3-5 or on dialysis in a tertiary children's kidney unit were studied. Data on anthropometry, biochemistry, and nutritional composition of feeds were collected from the time of GT insertion for 3 years or until transplantation.

Results

Forty children (18 female) were included. Nineteen children were on peritoneal dialysis, 8 on hemodialysis, and 13 had CKD stages 3-5. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) age at GT insertion was 1.26 (0.61-3.58) year

SUBMITTER: Alshaiban A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349843 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature