Progression of chronic renal failure in children with dysplastic kidneys
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Nephrology
- Vol. 22 (7), 1014-1020
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-007-0459-5
Abstract
The aim of this study is to describe progression of chronic renal failure (CRF) in children with renal malformations and to study factors influencing this progression. We reviewed retrospectively 176 children with CRF secondary to renal dysplasia, reflux nephropathy or renal obstruction with at least 5 years of follow-up. Serum creatinine was recorded at least every third month, and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated. Number of febrile urinary tract infections (UTI), blood pressure, albuminuria (UaUc), and number of functioning kidneys was also recorded. We found that the development of renal function could be separated into three time periods: (1) During the first years of life, 82% of the children showed early improvement of their kidney function, which lasted until a median age of 3.2 years (median improvement 6.3 ml/year). (2) From the age of 3.2 years until 11.4 years, 52.5% of the studied children showed a stable kidney function, whereas in 47.5%, kidney function immediately started to deteriorate. (3) Around puberty, 42.9% started deterioration in kidney function, whereas 57.1% even after puberty showed a stable function. Patients with UaUc >200 mg/mmol deteriorated faster (−6.5 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year compared with −1.5 ml/min per 1.73 m2 per year) in those with UaUc 2 deteriorated faster than the others. Most children experienced early improvement of kidney function. The further prognosis, early or late deterioration of kidney function or stable function during the whole follow-up, was related to albuminuria, number of febrile UTIs, eGFR at onset of deterioration, hypertension and puberty.Keywords
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