Background Survey research in healthcare is an important tool to collect information about
healthcare delivery, service use and overall issues relating to quality of care. Unfortunately, …

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome newly affects 1–3 per 100,000 children per year. Approximately
85% of cases show complete remission of proteinuria following glucocorticoid treatment. …

Results During 5991 patient-years of follow-up, 107 (12.7%) patients died. Unadjusted
cumulative survival for the cohort was: 91.7%(95% CI, 89.8 to 93.7%) at 5 years and 85.8%(95% …

Background In nephrotic syndrome protein leaks from blood into the urine through the
glomeruli resulting in hypoproteinaemia and generalised oedema. While most children with …

Background: Despite a low prevalence of chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular
filtration rate [GFR] < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m 2 ), First Nations people have high rates of kidney …

Background— Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) has been associated with mortality,
although it has been suggested this association may be attributable to confounding. We …

Objective To investigate whether the presence of kidney stones increase the risk of end
stage renal disease (ESRD) or other adverse renal outcomes. Design A registry cohort study …

Background. Age at transplant and graft failure risk are associated in young kidney transplant
recipients. The risk of graft failure may also vary by current age, irrespective of age at …

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is the most frequent pediatric glomerular disease, affecting
from 1.15 to 16.9 per 100,000 children per year globally. It is characterized by massive …

Results In total, 25,532 (0.8%) participants had at least one kidney stone, and 91,465 (3%)
individuals had at least one cardiovascular event during follow-up. Compared with people …