Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder with Pediatric Kidney Disease | ||
| Al-Azhar Journal of Pediatrics | ||
| Article 2, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 3881-3886 PDF (158.6 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/azjp.2024.354182 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Samy El-Farsy, Reham Mohammed Elhossiny1, Neamat Samir Diab Elgendy, Asmaa Wafeeq Abdelaziz1 | ||
| Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain shams University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background; Neurodevelopment deficits have long been recognized as a major complication of pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD). Some of this impairment has been attributed to the possible effects of kidney failure: uremia, anemia, hypertension and malnutrition,However, no published papers specifically examining the prevalence of ASD within the pediatric nephrology population. Aim and objectives; this study designed to evaluate the association of autistic spectrum disorder with pediatric chronic kidney diseases. Subjects and methods; This is an Observational Cross Sectional study that included One hundred children with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis recruited from the Pediatric nephrology Clinic, Pediatrics Department , Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, during their follow up visits from February 2022 to august 2022 , randomly selected, all selected patient were subjected to detailed history ,full clinical examination and pediatric symptoms check list questionnaire. Result; no autistic disorders were detected in our studied group but behaviour change was demonstrated in 9 percent of studied group < /p> Conclusion; no correlation between chronic kidney diseases and autism but there is a positive correlation between CKD and behavioral problems . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords; autism spectrum disorder, chronic kidney disease; pediatric | ||
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