A holistic approach to CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract)

• Yazar: Giuseppe Masnata (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
• Online Erişim: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2281-0692; 10.7363/050126
• Keywords: cakut (congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract); urinary tract infection; chronic kidney disease; follow-up; Medicine; R; Pediatrics; RJ1-570
• Source: Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp e050126-e050126 (2016)

The urinary tract malformations, today called CAKUT (Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract), include a range of morphological and/or functional abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract diseases, apart from being the main cause of renal failure in children. The frequency of these birth defects is around 2% of pregnancies and many genetic syndromes may include CAKUT: about 500 of them have been described. The CAKUT concern localized alterations at different levels of the urinary system: hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, duplex collecting system, megaureter, kidney dysplasia. In the approach to the child with CAKUT it is important to identify a population at risk, distinguishing between CAKUT with and without clinical significance, applying a tailored approach to the individual patient, avoiding unnecessary investigations and treatments.