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Paediatric nephrology: The last 50 years
Author(s) -
Kausman Joshua Y,
Powell Harley R
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12812
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrology , specialty , nephrotic syndrome , dialysis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , transplantation , family medicine
In 1965, the specialty of paediatric nephrology was in its infancy. Following the development of a landmark collaborative research study, the I nternational S tudy of K idney D isease in C hildhood in the mid‐1960s, the first specialist societies were formed: the E uropean S ociety of P ediatric N ephrology in 1967 and the A merican S ociety of P ediatric N ephrology in 1969. The extraordinary improvements in care delivered to children with kidney disease over the past 50 years are too broad to cover in any one paper. They traverse the spectrum of diagnosis, classification, therapeutics, social well‐being and transition to adult care. We have selected four case scenarios to highlight these changes in key areas of paediatric nephrology: post‐streptococcal glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, haemolytic uraemic syndrome and neonatal dialysis and childhood transplantation.