What are the mid-term examinations for children with kidney disease?

The question of "what mid-term examinations are required for children with kidney disease" has gradually attracted widespread attention as the number of children with kidney disease continues to increase every year. Patients and their families can understand the relevant information, which will help them face the disease, actively cooperate with doctors' treatment, and do a good job of prevention, thereby improving the cure rate of the disease.

1. Urinalysis

This test is one of the commonly used methods for the diagnosis of pediatric kidney disease. The main pathological basis is that when the patient's condition is serious, symptoms such as proteinuria will appear, and transparent casts or cell granular casts and red blood cells may appear in the urine. In acute attacks, there will also be obvious hematuria symptoms.

2. Routine blood test

In this examination, children with kidney disease may show mild or moderate normochromic anemia, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a proportional decrease in the number of hemoglobin and red blood cells due to their condition. In addition, children with kidney disease may also be found to have hypoproteinemia, and there are no obvious abnormalities in serum electrolytes.

3. Renal function test

Children with kidney disease usually have elevated creatinine, elevated blood urea nitrogen, reduced endogenous creatinine clearance, and reduced glomerular filtration rate. Their renal function is usually in the decompensated or compensated stage. They also have symptoms such as decreased phenol red excretion test and decreased urine concentration and dilution function. All of these can indicate kidney disease.