Prospective surveillance study of conservative kidney care in the UK and the Republic of Ireland: a British Paediatric Surveillance Unit study
Lucy Plumb, Manish D Sinha, Anna Casula, Tom Gray, Carol Inward, Heather Maxwell, James Medcalf, Fergus J Caskey · 2026
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Eight researchers report a surveillance study of conservative kidney care in children in a 2026 paper. Most children with kidney failure start replacement therapy, but some families and clinicians choose care without it. How many children take that path, and how they fare, was unknown in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Reporting ran through a national pediatric surveillance unit from late 2020 to late 2022. Twenty-seven confirmed cases appeared, about a tenth of all new childhood kidney failure. The median age was 2.6 years, and children carried a median of five other conditions. Nearly all reached palliative care. After twelve months, eighteen had died, five stayed on conservative care, and two started therapy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lucy Plumb, Manish D Sinha, Anna Casula, Tom Gray, Carol Inward, Heather Maxwell, James Medcalf, Fergus J Caskey |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |