Intradialytic hypotension
Nephronophthisis
Nephronophthisis (NPHP) is an autosomal recessive cystic kidney disease and the most frequent genetic cause of end-stage renal disease up to the thi ...
The genetic components of idiop ...
Nephrolithiasis is a cause of significant morbidity and medical care expenses worldwide. Its prevalence has increased steadily during the last three ...
Advances in our understanding o ...
Glomerular thrombotic microangiopathy is a hallmark feature of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, the leading cause of acute renal failure in childhood. T ...
Aciclovir and Varicella-zoster- ...
Clear recommendations for the management of acute varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections for cases of significant exposure and the use of prophylac ...
Uraemic vasculopathy in childre ...
Since the inception of pediatric dialysis programmes nearly 50 years ago, there have been vast improvements in both the technology and expertise in ...
Heat shock proteins in chronic ...
Heat shock proteins (HSP) form a heterogenous, evolutionarily conserved group of molecules with high sequence homology. They mainly act as intracell ...
Nocturnal enuresis—theoretic ba ...
Nocturnal polyuria, nocturnal detrusor overactivity and high arousal thresholds are central in the pathogenesis of enuresis. An underlying mechanism ...
Role of fibroblast growth facto ...
Fibroblast growth factor receptors (Fgfrs) are expressed throughout the developing kidney. Several early studies have shown that exogenous fibroblas ...
Consequences and therapy of the ...
Metabolic acidosis is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly once the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) falls below 25 ml ...
Parathyroid hormone and growth ...
Growth failure is common in children with chronic kidney disease, and successful treatment is a major challenge in the management of these children. ...
PPARم and chronic kidney diseas ...
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-م (PPARم) agonists, exemplified by the thiazolidinediones (TZDs), have been used extensively for their be ...
Management of toxic ingestions ...
Although rare, renal replacement therapy (RRT) for the treatment of the metabolic, respiratory and hemodynamic complications of intoxications may be ...
Diagnosis and management of chi ...
A number of syndromic disorders have renal cysts as a component of their phenotypes. These disorders can generally be distinguished from autosomal d ...
Intradialytic hypotension
Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is common in children during conventional, 4 hour haemodialysis (HD) sessions. The declining blood pressure (BP) was ...
Ciliopathies: an expanding dise ...
Ciliopathies comprise a group of disorders associated with genetic mutations encoding defective proteins, which result in either abnormal formation ...
Renal amyloidosis in children
Renal amyloidosis is a detrimental disease caused by the deposition of amyloid fibrils. A child with renal amyloidosis may present with proteinuria ...
Biomarkers of acute kidney inju ...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in children is associated with increased mortality and prolonged length of hospital stay and may also be associated with l ...
Cystinosis: practical tools for ...
Cystinosis is the major cause of inherited Fanconi syndrome, and should be suspected in young children with failure to thrive and signs of renal pro ...
Genetics of congenital anomalie ...
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) occur in 1 in 500 births and are a major cause of morbidity in children. Notably, CAKUT ...
Abdominal pain in a female adol ...
A 16-year-old white female presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of multiple episodes of vomiting, colicky left flank, and lowe ...
Dent’s disease: clinical featur ...
Dent’s disease is an X-linked recessive renal tubulopathy characterized by low-molecular-weight proteinuria (LMWP), hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis ...
New therapies in steroid-sensit ...
Although many children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) respond initially to steroid therapy, repeated courses for patients with relapses of ...
TRPC channel modulation in podo ...
Glomerular kidney disease is a major healthcare burden and considered to represent a sum of disorders that evade a refined and effective treatment. ...
Patterning and early cell linea ...
Specification of the intermediate mesoderm and the epithelial derivatives that will make the mammalian kidney depends on the concerted action of man ...
aHUS caused by complement dysre ...
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a heterogeneous disease that is caused by defective complement regulation in over 50% of cases. Mutatio ...