Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), although uncommon in children, can be a devastating disorder with many long-term consequences. Despite similarities to adult disease, CKD in children has many unique features that are not seen in older patients. Its manifestations can affect multiple body systems (cardiovascular, endocrine, hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, central nervous) during particularly vulnerable times of development in children with the potential for permanent sequelae. It is noteworthy that children with CKD, like adults, may often be asymptomatic in the initial stages of the disease and its complications may go undiagnosed and untreated early in its course.