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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2020

Bilateral native nephrectomies for severe hypertension in children with stage 5 chronic kidney disease leads to improved BP control following transplantation.

Charles Pickles, Amrit Kaur, Dean Wallace, Christian Brix, Rachel Lennon, Nicholas Plant, Mohan Shenoy

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Article in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Overcoming variable response in renal denervation: Key strategies for reliable clinical implementation.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles PicklesDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3242-2729
Amrit KaurDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Dean WallaceDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Christian BrixDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Rachel LennonDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Nicholas PlantDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Mohan ShenoyDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK. mohan.shenoy@mft.nhs.uk.
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital · GBWellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 202860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension is a common problem in stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD 5) and following kidney transplantation (KT). There is limited data on the outcome of children with CKD 5 who undergo bilateral native nephrectomies (BNN) for the management of hypertension.

methodRetrospective review of 134 children who underwent KT at a single centre over a 10-year period and had a minimum follow up period of 1 year. Children who had undergone BNN for hypertension prior to, and after, KT were identified and their outcome with regard to blood pressure (BP), anti-hypertensive medications and graft function was compared with that of the rest of the cohort.

resultsEleven children (8.2%) underwent BNN, including 2 performed after KT, due to poorly controlled BP despite a median of 3 anti-hypertensive medications. The median age at BNN was 7 years (range 0.5-17 years). All 9 children who underwent BNN prior to KT discontinued anti-hypertensive medication after a median of 6 months and remained normotensive post KT. After a median follow up of 5 years following KT, there was a trend towards lower prevalence of hypertension in children who underwent BNN compared with that of the rest of the cohort (9.1% vs 25%, p 0.23). None of the children who underwent BNN had any evidence of proteinuria, and the median eGFR was 74 ml/min/1.73 m 2 after KT.

conclusionBNN for severe hypertension in CKD 5 is associated with resolution of hypertension prior to KT. It is also associated with a trend towards lower prevalence of hypertension and good graft function following KT.

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NephrectomyAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansHypertensionInfantKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationMaleRetrospective StudiesHypertension, Bilateral native nephrectomies, Stage 5 chronic kidney disease, Kidney transplant, Children

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PMID32885281
PMCPMC7614297
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