Conditions We Treat

University Hospitals Kidney Specialists Treat the Full Spectrum of Childhood Kidney Disease

At University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, our fellowship-trained pediatric nephrologists work closely with experts across multiple medical specialties, including urology, endocrinology, neonatology, genetics and psychiatry. The Division of Pediatric Nephrology team is equipped to diagnose and treat a wide range of inherited and acquired children’s kidney disorders, including:

• Acid-base disturbances
• Acute kidney injury
• Alport syndrome
• Bartter and Gitelman syndromes
• Bedwetting (enuresis)
• Bladder infection
• Blood in the urine (hematuria)
• Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Electrolyte disorders such as abnormal blood levels of potassium or sodium
• End-stage renal disease
• Genitourinary conditions
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Hydronephrosis or fluid in the kidney
• Kidney infection
• Kidney stones
• Liddle’s syndrome
• Lowe syndrome
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI)
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
• Protein in the urine (proteinuria)
• Renal failure (end-stage renal disease)
• Swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in the body's tissues (edema)
• Urinary tract infection
• Vesicoureteral reflux

For More Information

To learn more, visit the National Institutes of Health’s Kidney and Urinary System Health Information page.