Treatment of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in children: new guidelines from KDIGO
- 5 October 2012
- journal article
- practice guideline
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Pediatric Nephrology
- Vol. 28 (3), 409-414
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-012-2304-8
Abstract
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) recently published the clinical practice guideline on glomerulonephritis (GN) to assist the practitioner caring for patients with GN. Chapter 4 of the guideline focuses on managing children aged 1–18 years with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), defined by an inability to achieve complete remission with corticosteroid therapy. Guideline development followed a thorough evidence review, and management recommendations and suggestions were based on the best available evidence. Limitations of the evidence, including the paucity of large-scale randomized controlled trials, are discussed. This article provides both the guideline recommendations and a brief review of relevant treatment trials related to each recommendation. This précis serves as a summary of the complete guidelines recently published.Keywords
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