Early recognition and treatment of acute kidney injury in children with nephrotic syndrome / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is one of the most common primary kidney diseases during childhood.Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of NS, caused by severe hypovolemia, nephrotoxic medications, and infections, etc.It has been proved that the incidence of AKI complicated by NS was increased during these years.Early identification, correct diagnosis and treatment are very important to improve the prognosis.Hence, this study reviewed the recent data on epidemiology, mechanism of AKI in NS, early identification, diagnosis and management of this increasingly common complication.