ArticlePediatric rheumatology online journal2015
Practice patterns and approach to kidney biopsy in lupus: a collaboration of the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium and the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance.
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- Translating the 2024 ACR lupus nephritis guidelines to pediatric practice.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- New Insights on Childhood Lupus Nephritis.International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease · 2025Review
- Childhood-Onset Lupus Nephritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Short-Term Kidney Status and Variation in Care.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
- Performance of Clinical and Biochemical Parameters in Identifying Renal Histopathology and Predictors of One-Year Renal Outcome in Lupus Nephritis-A Single Centre Study from India.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Working Towards a Treat-to-Target Protocol in Juvenile Proliferative Lupus Nephritis - A Survey of Pediatric Rheumatologists and Nephrologists in Germany and Austria.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Research priorities in childhood-onset lupus: results of a multidisciplinary prioritization exercise.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2019Article
- Urine biomarkers of chronic kidney damage and renal functional decline in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2019Article
- Treatment of pediatric-onset lupus nephritis: a proposal of optimal therapy.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2017Review
- The value of repeat biopsy in lupus nephritis flares.Medicine · 2017Review
- Advances in the care of children with lupus nephritis.Pediatric research · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere is no clear consensus regarding optimal indications or timing of initial or repeat kidney biopsy in the management of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE).
methodsA web-based survey was designed to assess current practice patterns among pediatric nephrologists and pediatric rheumatologists and distributed to members of Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC) and Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA).
resultsRespondents included 111 rheumatologists and 71 nephrologists from 65 and 34 centers, respectively. Numbers of years in sub-specialty practice were comparable. Rheumatologists and nephrologists frequently collaborate in the care of children with lupus nephritis (LN). More than 90% of respondents refer patients to each either other after diagnosing LN. Over 60% describe shared decision making regarding when to perform kidney biopsy and how to interpret biopsy findings. Many pediatric nephrologists consider biopsy to be of higher risk for complication in pSLE and alter their standard pre-or post-biopsy management.
conclusionsIt is uncommon for pediatric nephrologists to manage LN without input from pediatric rheumatologists and vice versa. Consensus exists between specialties in general, and practice differences that exist occur between individual physicians rather than between specialties. A systematic approach to biopsy may result in improved health related outcomes in pSLE.
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