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JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 793-798Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813490074
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neurologic complications; renal transplantation; children; posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy
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- Merz Inc.
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We reviewed neurologic complications after renal transplantation in children over a 20-year period. Neurologic complications were classified as early (within 3 months) and delayed (beyond 3 months). Of 115 children, 10 (8.7%) had complications. Early complications were found in 4.35% of patients: seizures in 4 (posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome due to immunosuppressant toxicity [2], sepsis/presumed meningitis [1], and indeterminate [1]) and headaches in 1. One patient with seizures received levetiracetam for 6 months and 1 with headaches received amitriptyline prophylaxis. Late complications were noted in 4.35% of patients: seizures in 3 (posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome due to hypertension [2], hypertensive encephalopathy [1]), headaches in 2, and tremors in 1. Two patients with seizures were treated with anti-epilepsy medications; 1 with migraine received cyproheptadine prophylaxis. Neurologic complications develop in children after renal transplantation. Seizures due to posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome were the commonest complication. Early detection and appropriate management of these complications is important.
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