The prevalence of pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) ranges from 15 to 74.7 cases per 1 million children.1 Mortality among children who progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is 30 to 50 times higher compared to that in the general population.1,2 Most of the data on pediatric CKD comes from the developed world. The North American Pediatric Renal Collaborative Trials (NAPRTCS) data (n = 4133) show a progression rate from CKD stages II to IV to ESKD of 17% at 1 year and 39% at 3 years, with the median time to ESKD being 4.5 years.
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