Children's Hospital

Divisions/Specialties

Division of Pediatric Nephrology

The Division of Pediatric Nephrology provides 24-hour consultation on children from infancy to adolescence who suffer from renal disease or hypertension.

Patient Conditions

• Renal failure, chronic and acute
• Hypertension
• Congenital renal malformations
• Hematuria
• Proteinuria
• Urinary tract infections
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Electrolyte disorders
• Renal acidosis
• Renal insufficiency, chronic and acute
• Kidney stones
• Hypercalciuria
• Glomerular diseases
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Specialized Treatments

• Kidney transplantation
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Hemodialysis
• Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration

Research Activities

• North American pediatric renal transplant cooperative study
• Controlled clinical treatment of pediatric transplantation
• Antihypertensive treatment of pediatric hypertension

Comprehensive Evaluations

• Ultrasound
• CT scans
• Renal arteriography
• MRI
• Nuclear medicine studies
• Voiding cysto urethrograms
• Renal biopsy
• Renal tubular acidosis tests
• Water deprivation tests

This page was last updated on: May 10, 2011.