Chronic kidney disease – pediatric risk factors
Abstract
The knowledge about the progression of chronic kidney disease is an important issue for every pediatric nephrologist and pediatrician in order to implement appropriate measures to prevent wasting of renal function and the final consequence – end stage renal disease with the need for the dialysis and transplantation. Therefore it is important to know, treat or ameliorate the standard risk factors such as hypertension, proteinuria, anemia, hyperparathyroidism etc. In this review devoted to the World Kidney Day 2016 we will pay attention to the low birth parameters, obesity, hyperuricemia and smoking which emerged as particularly important risk factors for children and adolescent with chronic kidney disease.
© 2016 Velibor Tasic, Aleksandra Janchevska, Nora Emini, Emilija Sahpazova, Zoran Gucev, Momir Polenakovic, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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