Analysis of Growth in the VATER Association

Chronic kidney disease in the VACTERL association: clinical course and outcome

“…Among the five patients with CrCl < 70 ml/min per 1.73 m 2 at 2 years post-transplant (Table 3) VACTERL patients have been noted to have growth deficiency. In a study of 31 VATER patients, 45% of the patients showed postnatal growth deficiency of at least −2 SDS for the first 3 years of life or beyond [24]. Severe cardiac defect was correlated to the growth deficiency in nine patients, but no cause for the growth deficiency in the other patients was noted.…”

Efficient parameter extraction of microwave coupled-resonator filter using genetic algorithms

“…Those with growth deficiency were also more likely to have developmental problems. Mapstone et al [1986] evaluated 31 patients and noted the almost half had postnatal growth deficiency, with severe heart defects being the only significant correlation. However, the majority of patients had normal growth or when growth delay was present, it was of postnatal origin.…”

The Vater Association and Spinal Dysraphia

“…Although relatively new, the Vater association has become firmly ensconced in the literature as a clinically significant entity [1,[9][10][11][12][13][14], In that the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in its development are unclear, its value lies in eliciting the recognition by the pediatrician or neonatologist evaluating a child with one or two of the included defects, that their concomitant occurrence man dates ruling out certain other abnormalities which have a greater than chance probability of concurrence. The more subtle the clinical markers of these associated defects, the greater the import of directing the search for their exis tence.…”