ALLMedicine™ Pediatric Nephrology Center

Feb 17th, 2021 - Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare but highly relevant disorder in pediatric nephrology. This genetic disease is mainly caused by variants in the PKHD1 gene and is characterized by fibrocystic hepatorenal phenotypes wi...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - Nephrotic syndrome in childhood is a common entity in the field of pediatric nephrology. The optimal treatment of children with nephrotic syndrome is often debated. Previously conducted studies have shown significant variability in nephrotic syndr...

Jan 29th, 2021 - There are no guidelines regarding management of failed pediatric renal transplants. We performed a first of its kind multicenter study assessing prevalence of transplant nephrectomy, patient characteristics, and outcomes in pediatric renal transpl...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Kidney diseases are the main causative factors of secondary hypertension (HTN) in children. Although primary HTN is less common in the pediatric population, its increasing prevalence, especially among teenagers, makes early diagnosis an emerging i...

Oct 29th, 2020 - Renal graft thrombosis (RGT) is one of the main causes for early graft loss in pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx). Despite the lack of evidence-based recommendations, antithrombotic prophylaxis (aP) is used to prevent RGT. An online survey sup...

Dec 17th, 2019 - Dietary management in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an area fraught with uncertainties and wide variations in practice. Even in tertiary pediatric nephrology centers, expert dietetic input is often lacking. The Pediatric Renal Nutritio...

May 23rd, 2019 - These recommendations were systematically developed on behalf of the Network for Early Onset Cystic Kidney Disease (NEOCYST) by an international group of experts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) from paediatric and adult nep...

Dec 31st, 2018 - Kidney cysts can manifest as focal disease (simple and complex kidney cysts), affect a whole kidney (eg, multicystic dysplastic kidney or cystic dysplasia), or manifest as bilateral cystic disease (eg, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.

Aug 12th, 2011 - The transfer of young patients from pediatric to adult renal care takes place after a transition process which involves both sides. It is important that it is individualized for each young person, focusing on self-management skills as well as asse...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare but highly relevant disorder in pediatric nephrology. This genetic disease is mainly caused by variants in the PKHD1 gene and is characterized by fibrocystic hepatorenal phenotypes wi...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - Nephrotic syndrome in childhood is a common entity in the field of pediatric nephrology. The optimal treatment of children with nephrotic syndrome is often debated. Previously conducted studies have shown significant variability in nephrotic syndr...

Jan 29th, 2021 - There are no guidelines regarding management of failed pediatric renal transplants. We performed a first of its kind multicenter study assessing prevalence of transplant nephrectomy, patient characteristics, and outcomes in pediatric renal transpl...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Kidney diseases are the main causative factors of secondary hypertension (HTN) in children. Although primary HTN is less common in the pediatric population, its increasing prevalence, especially among teenagers, makes early diagnosis an emerging i...

Oct 29th, 2020 - Renal graft thrombosis (RGT) is one of the main causes for early graft loss in pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx). Despite the lack of evidence-based recommendations, antithrombotic prophylaxis (aP) is used to prevent RGT. An online survey sup...

Mar 26th, 2020 - For patients with lupus nephritis, kidney response improves when voclosporin (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals) is added to mycophenolate and low-dose corticosteroids, results from the phase 3 AURORA trial show. The calcineurin inhibitor is the first novel...

Mar 26th, 2020 - For patients with lupus nephritis, kidney response improves when voclosporin (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals) is added to mycophenolate and low-dose corticosteroids, results from the phase 3 AURORA trial show. The calcineurin inhibitor is the first novel...

Dec 22nd, 2019 - A few months ago, I reviewed a Kidney International placebo-controlled trial of levamisole in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome.[1] Some of you may recall my overall enthusiasm for the trial. In brief, levamisole was effective at ...

Sep 17th, 2018 - CHICAGO – There’s another reason to worry about hypertension in children: cognitive decline later in life. In a pilot study, Marc Lande, MD, a professor of pediatric nephrology at the University of Rochester (N.

Jul 20th, 2018 - Evidence-based recommendations for appropriate nephrology testing in children are the latest installment of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign. “Five things physicians and patients should question” were.