Garne, Ester;
Damkjær, Mads;
Rissmann, Anke;
Cavero-Carbonell, Clara;
Gissler, Mika;
Neville, Amanda;
Santoro, Michele;
... Morris, Joan; + view all
(2025)
Morbidity in children with major kidney anomalies: A European population-based study.
European Journal of Pediatrics
, 184
, Article 414. 10.1007/s00431-025-06232-3.
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Abstract
Knowledge about the prognosis for children born with congenital anomalies is important for counselling parents after a prenatal diagnosis. Nine population-based European Congenital Anomaly registries provided data on all children born 1995–2014 diagnosed with congenital hydronephrosis, multicystic kidney disease (MCKD), or posterior urethral valves (PUV) and on reference children from the same populations. Data up to 2015 on prescriptions, hospital diagnosis, and surgical procedures up to the 10th birthday were obtained by linkage to prescription and hospital databases. The study included 5624 children diagnosed with congenital hydronephrosis, 1314 with MCKD, and 414 with PUV. Children with hydronephrosis or MCKD were 13 times more likely to have prescriptions for antihypertensives compared to reference children before 10 years of age. Around 3% of children with congenital hydronephrosis or MCKD had a diagnosis of kidney failure at the age of 5 years; however, only 1% had a kidney transplantation by the age of 5 years. For children with PUV, 18.3% had a diagnosis of kidney failure and 5% had a kidney transplantation by the age of 5 years. Conclusion: Children born with congenital hydronephrosis and MCKD generally have a low absolute risk of developing kidney failure. Children with PUV have much higher morbidity, with 1 in 5 (18.3%) being diagnosed with kidney failure before the age of 5 years. It is important to monitor these children closely in early childhood in order to prevent or delay kidney failure.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Morbidity in children with major kidney anomalies: A European population-based study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00431-025-06232-3 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-025-06232-3 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Congenital hydronephrosis · Multicystic kidney dysplasia · Posterior urethral valves · Kidney failure · Kidney transplantation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10209073 |
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