Renal insufficiency
Conditions
Interventions
Data collection on demographic information, previous diseases, use of medications and other clinical characteristics such as weight (Kg) and height (m). The assessment of respiratory muscle strength (
Other
H02.010.625
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Eligibility
Age
6 Years to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Renal transplant recipients up to six months post-transplant; of both sexes; aged between 6 and 18 years; under follow-up at the Nephrology Outpatient Clinic of Santo Antonio Children’s Hospital; and whose parents or guardians agree to participate by signing the written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with severe underlying lung disease; associated neurological disease; orthopedic disease that not allow the test performing; contraindicated patients to perform pulmonary function tests according recommendations from Brazilian Guidelines for Pulmonary Function Testes; patients with cognitive difficulty to understand and perform tests
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Respiratory muscle strength, measured by manovacuometry, before and after intervention (and biweekly to adjust the Threshold load) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pulmonary function, measured by spirometry, before and after intervention;Functional capacity, measured by the 6-minute walk test, before and after intervention;Inflammatory markers observed through the results of laboratory tests, before and after intervention | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJanice;Raquel Lukrafka Tartari;Pinto Carbonera
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre;Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
Outcome results
None listed