Ratings of parenting stress in mild to moderate chronic kidney disease in children: a pilot investigation.

Background: Parental stress in pediatric chronic illness is well known; however, there is a dearth of literature describing parental stress in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD). This pilot study evaluated parenting stress in mild to moderate pediatric CKD relative to caregivers of healthy, typically developing children.

Methods: The study included 38 children, ages 6 to 12 years, and their parents (CKD Group = 10, Typical Group = 28).

Differential Attention Functioning in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease.

Objective: To compare specific attention functions for school-age children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) to those of a typically developing control group.

Methods: A cross-sectional study examined attention dimensions for children and adolescents with CKD ( = 30) in comparison to a typically developing control group ( = 41). The CKD group consisted of those receiving maintenance dialysis ( = 15) and those with mild/moderate CKD treated conservatively ( = 15).

Preseason Cerebrovascular Function in Adolescent Athletes.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sport participation, concussion history, and age of first exposure to football on preseason cerebrovascular function in adolescent athletes. Athletes (n = 53, age = 15.8 ± 1.

Repetitive Head Impact Exposure and Cerebrovascular Function in Adolescent Athletes.

The purpose of this study was to determine how subconcussive head impact exposure in high school collision sport student-athletes influenced cerebrovascular function. Transcranial Doppler was used to assess pre- to post-season changes in: (1) resting middle (MCA) and posterior cerebral arteries (PCA), (2) cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) via breath-holding index (BHI), vasomotor reactivity response (VMRr) and overall MCA response curve, and (3) neurovascular coupling (NVC) via NVC response magnitude and overall PCA response curve. Fifty-three high school-aged athletes (age = 15.

Early Development of Infants with Turner Syndrome.

Objective: To examine the early cognitive, temperament, and adaptive functioning of infants and toddlers with Turner syndrome (TS).

Methods: Cognitive abilities were measured using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning at 1 year of age for 31 girls with TS and compared with neurotypical female (N = 53) and male (N = 54) control groups. Temperament (Carey Toddler Temperament Scales) and adaptive functioning (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-Second Edition) were measured at 1 year of age and compared with normative data.

Brief report: intellectual and academic functioning in pediatric chronic kidney disease.

Objective: Examine the intellectual and academic functioning in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, children with CKD (n = 30) were compared to matched controls (n = 41) on measures of intelligence, achievement, and rates of learning disabilities (LD) variously defined.

Results: Children with CKD were at higher risk for grade retention (p < .

Clinical predictors of neurocognitive deficits in children with chronic kidney disease.

The purpose of the study was to explore associations between neurocognitive function and chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related clinical characteristics. Twenty-nine children, ages 7 to 19 years, with an estimated creatinine clearance (eCrCl) of 4-89 ml/min per 1.73 m2 body surface area were enrolled.

The central nervous system in childhood chronic kidney disease.

Neurodevelopmental deficits in pediatric and adult survivors of childhood onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been documented for many years. This paper reviews the available literature on central nervous system involvement incurred in childhood CKD. The studies reviewed include recent work in neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and neuropsychology, along with commentary on school functioning and long-term outcomes.

Memory and executive functions in pediatric chronic kidney disease.

This study examined the memory and executive functioning of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The sample included 20 children and adolescents with CKD ranging in age from 7.50 to 19.

The nervous system and chronic kidney disease in children.

This paper provides a review of the literature on the nervous system involvement incurred by children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD), with a particular focus on neuropsychological functioning. In addition to an historical overview of earlier literature, published studies from the past 14 years that address both central and peripheral nervous system function in children with CKD are reviewed (1990-2003). These studies span work in neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and neuropsychology.