RT Book, Section
A1 Geary, Denis F.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7046151
T1 Chapter 477. Chronic Kidney Disease
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7046151
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  definition  of  chronic  kidney  disease  (CKD)  and  its  different  stages  are  outlined  in  Table  477-1.  The  term  chronic  kidney  disease  has  been  introduced  to  ensure  consistency  of  terminology  in  relation  to  patients  with  sustained  renal  disorders,  and  to  replace  the  terms  chronic  renal  insufficiency  and  chronic  renal  failure.1  The  definition  of  CKD  excludes  patients  younger  than  2  years  whose  renal  function  improves  markedly  in  the  first  2  years  of  life;  therefore,  a  glomerular  filtration  rate  (GFR)  <  90  mL/min/1.73  m2  in  a  6-month-old  child  may  not  represent  any  abnormality  of  renal  function.