Pediatric Nephrology

What does this specialty do?

The Pediatric Nephrology service offers comprehensive care to newborns, children, and adolescents from the prenatal period up to 19 years of age with kidney and urinary tract diseases. Its approach encompasses prevention, timely diagnosis, and continuous follow-up, as well as the treatment of acute and chronic kidney conditions. Furthermore, it supports patients and their families during the transition to adult care, ensuring continuity of care, safety, and a patient-centered approach.

Diseases it treats

Congenital abnormalities of the kidneys and urinary tract.
Urinary infections.
Acute kidney injury.
Chronic kidney disease
Glomerulopathies (Nephrotic syndrome and Glomerulonephritis).
Systemic vasculitis with renal involvement (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus).
Arterial hypertension.
Congenital and acquired tubulopathies.
Cystic kidney disease.
Kidney diseases of genetic origin.
Exogenous poisonings or metabolic disorders that require renal replacement therapy.

Procedures and treatments

Diagnosis and monitoring

Pre- and postnatal renal ultrasound.
Renal scintigraphy.
Voiding cystourethrography.
Videourodynamics.
Magnetic resonance.
Ultrasound-guided renal biopsy under anesthesia.

specialized therapies

Peritoneal dialysis.
Hemodialysis.
Continuous renal replacement therapies in the ICU.
Pediatric kidney transplantation.
Therapeutic plasma exchange.

Comprehensive care for complex cases

Interdisciplinary Boards of Renal Transplantation, Nephropathology and Nephruro-radiology.
Specialized clinic for patients with myelodysplasia and neurogenic bladder (including myelomeningocele).

Subspecialties

Interdisciplinary work with:

pediatric urology
pediatric cardiology
pediatric surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Infectious Diseases
Genetics
Neurology
Rheumatology and Immunology

Diagnostic and therapeutic support for:

Nuclear medicine
Diagnostic Imaging
Interventionism
Transplant surgery
Pathology

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Contact

Call us: (+57) 602 331 9090 ext. 7337

Specialists who can assist you

Jaime Manuel Restrepo Restrepo

Jessica Maria Forero Delgadillo

Vanesa Amparo Ochoa Jimenez

Other services and specialties

Allergology

Anesthesiology

Cardiology

Interventional Cardiology

Adult Non-Invasive Cardiology

Pediatric Non-Invasive Cardiology

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Pediatric Nephrology

What does this specialty do?

Diseases it treats