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Published ahead of print on December 31, 2008
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4: 509-515, 2009
© 2009 American Society of Nephrology
doi: 10.2215/CJN.01210308
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Screening for CKD in Children: A Global Controversy

Ronald J. Hogg

The Children's Hospital at Scott & White, Temple, Texas

Correspondence: Ronald J. Hogg, The Children's Hospital at Scott & White, 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508. Phone: 254-724-8913, Fax: 254-724-5675; E-mail: rhogg{at}swmail.sw.org

This review addresses the relevance of urinary screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children. Ambiguity about screening children exists because of the uncertainty as to whether early detection of renal disorders in childhood will lead to effective interventions and reduction in the number of individuals who subsequently progress to ESRD. A related concern is whether the adoption of urinary screening programs is cost effective. The most common method that is used for screening children for CKD involves the measurement of spot samples of urine for hematuria and or proteinuria. Although mass screening is now well established in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, there appears to be movement away from mass screening to detect CKD in children and adolescents in North America and Europe. In December 2007, the American Academy of Pediatrics published their latest recommendations, in which no urinalyses were recommended at any age during childhood. The second issue addressed in this review is the reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rates (GFR) in children by clinical laboratories.






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