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The Section of Pediatric Hypertension
and Nephrology is a significant contributor to the Cleveland
Clinic's international reputation for excellence in the medical
and surgical care of renal disease patients.
Section physicians provide primary and consultative
care and treatment to children and adolescents with all forms
of kidney disease, including genitourinary disease, congenital
urinary tract abnormalities and hypertension. Specialty interests
include renal disease, dialysis, and hypertensive and diabetic
nephropathy. The section includes regularly scheduled subspecialty
clinics for peritoneal dialysis, transplantation and a joint
Nephrology/Urology clinic for patients with urinary tract
infections, enuresis, voiding difficulties, hematuria, proteinuria
or other interrelated problems.
The Cleveland Clinic Transplant Center, which
has the most experience with pediatric kidney transplantation
of any program in Northeast Ohio, offers living-related and
cadaver renal transplantation.
The Children's Hospital Renal Dialysis Unit is one of the
few pediatric renal dialysis centers in Ohio. Pediatric patients
hospitalized for dialysis are cared for by a team that specializes
in the medical care, as well as the unique emotional and social
needs, of children with renal disease. The team includes physicians,
nurses, dietitians and social workers who collaborate closely
in the care of every patient. The Dialysis Unit provides comprehensive
care for children and adolescents undergoing hemodialysis,
peritoneal dialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
The Cleveland Clinic performed Northeast Ohio's first kidney
transplant in January 1963. Since that date, more than 3,000
kidney transplants have been performed. The pediatric kidney
transplant program began in 1971. Affiliate programs have
been established at the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston,
W.V. (1987), St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Youngstown,Ohio
(1988) and Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio (1994). The Cleveland
Clinic kidney transplant program is a member of the United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and meets all their requirements
for kidney transplantation. All transplantation services,
including laboratory services, organ procurement, and liaison
with governmental agencies, transplant organizations and payers,
are coordinated through the Clinic's Transplant Center.
Robert
J. Cunningham, M.D.
Deepa
Chand, M.D.
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