ABP Pediatric Nephrology case studies
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The Pediatric Nephrology Subspecialty Certifying Examination is the American Board of Pediatrics' assessment for physicians who have completed pediatric nephrology fellowship training and who want formal subspecialty board certification. It is aimed at pediatricians who already hold general pediatrics certification (or qualify through an approved pathway) and who want external validation of their competence in the care of children with kidney disease, from infancy through young adulthood. The ABP Pediatric Nephrology case studies are 5 cases and about 2,917 words.
1Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome With Growth Faltering
A 6-year-old boy with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome has had four relapses in 14 months. Each relapse remits within 10 days of prednisolone 60 mg/m2/day, but he relapses within 3 weeks of tapering below 0.5 mg/kg every other day.
639 words, about 3 min2Infant With Hypokalemic Alkalosis and Nephrocalcinosis
A 10-month-old girl is admitted with 3 days of vomiting and lethargy. Weight is 7.2 kg (0.3rd percentile), length 68 cm (10th percentile).
606 words, about 3 min3Severe Hypertension After Starting an ACE Inhibitor
A 14-year-old girl is referred with recurrent headaches and blood pressure 172/108 mmHg confirmed on three visits. She is not obese, has no family history of hypertension, and has equal arm pressures with normal femoral pulses.
608 words, about 3 min4Anuric Child With Shiga Toxin–Associated HUS
A 4-year-old boy presents with 3 days of bloody diarrhea followed by lethargy and 12 hours of anuria. Weight is 16 kg, BP 128/86 mmHg (95th percentile 112/74), pulse 140/min, and he has periorbital edema and crackles at both bases.
526 words, about 3 min5Rising Creatinine in an Adolescent Transplant Recipient
A 15-year-old boy with a deceased-donor kidney transplant 18 months ago presents with 2 days of fever and graft tenderness. Baseline creatinine is 0.95 mg/dL; today it is 2.1 mg/dL.
538 words, about 3 min