Chronic kidney disease causes and outcomes in children: Perspective from a LMIC setting

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 6; p. e0269632
• Main Authors: Amanullah, Farhana, Malik, Amyn A., Zaidi, Zafar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.06.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Anemia; Biology and Life Sciences; Bone diseases; Child; Children; Chronic kidney failure; Complications; Congenital anomalies; Congenital diseases; Creatinine; Demographics; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; Disease Progression; Diseases; Epidemiology; Female; Hemodialysis; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Kidney; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; LDCs; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Morbidity; Mortality; Nephrology; Patient outcomes; Pediatrics; People and Places; Proteinuria; Proteinuria - complications; Public health; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - etiology; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - therapy; Renal replacement therapy; Risk Factors; Urinary tract; Urogenital system; Pakistan

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) constitutes a major public health challenge, with a global prevalence of 15-74.7 cases /million children. Preventing CKD in children, slowing its progression and management of complications are essential, especially in challenged health systems in low middle income count...