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  • Title: Factors affecting catch-up growth after liver transplantation.
    Author: López-Espinosa JA, Yeste-Fernández D, Iglesias-Berengue J, Ortega-López J, Margarit-Creixell C, Gussinyé-Canadell M, Carrascosa-Lezcano A.
    Journal: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab; 2004 Aug; 17(8):1097-103. PubMed ID: 15379421.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The reported incidence of catch-up growth following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) ranges widely, from 0% to 97%. OBJECTIVE: We undertook bivariate analysis of multiple factors that might affect post-OLT growth in children undergoing OLT, and described the results with different parameters used to determine catch-up growth. METHODS: Eighty patients met the inclusion criteria. RESULTS: Catch-up growth occurred in 14% during the first 6 months, 15% at 1 year, 39% at 2 years, 16% between 3 and 6 years, and 16% after 6 years post-OLT. The earlier catch-up growth was shown in metabolic diagnosis, patients over 10 years old and those without steroids at 1 year post-OLT. CONCLUSIONS: It is difficult to determine an acceptable definition of catch-up growth. We suggest that Zvel score > or =0 is the best parameter to evaluate catch-up growth, since the results are more normally distributed. Patients with prednisone withdrawal later than 1 year post-OLT and those with diagnosis of hepatitis and cirrhosis showed the slowest catch-up growth.
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