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Pediatric Nephrology

AMC Children's Hospital Department of Pediatric Nephrology provides treatments for
kidney and urinary tract diseases in children.

The diseases and symptoms treated include: hematuria, proteinuria, nephritic syndrome, nephritis, chronic renal failure, hydronephrosis, urinary tract infection, kidney deformity, vesicoureteral reflux, enuresis, systemic lupus eurythematosus, hypertension, water-electrolyte metabolism, and genetic kidney diseases.

We provide optimum treatment for our patients based on accurate diagnosis using the latest techniques in medicine.

  • Congenital kidney diseases detected in prenatal screening programs are evaluated after birth in close collaboration with obstetricians, neonatologists, and urologists. According to the test results, proper management including surgery are provided if needed.
  • We offer consultations about Hematuria or proteinuria detected in school screenings. Further evaluations including urinary tests, blood tests and renal sonography are done, and kidney biopsies are performed in selected cases if needed. Proper management will be offered according to the test results.
  • We evaluate and treat children with nephritis which is accompanied by various symptoms such as hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, and acute renal failure. Since nephritis in children is different from that in adults, it is important to receive specialized treatment from pediatric nephrologists to avoid unnecessary complications and improve long-term prognosis.
  • Peritoneal or hemodialysis is performed with serial follow-up tests and medication therapy in children with end-stage renal disease. We also have excellent an surgical team and facilities for kidney transplants.
  • We offer prompt treatment for critical pediatric patients with acute renal failure, and emergency dialysis is performed, if needed.
  • We provide tests and treatments for urinary tract infection, which is one of the most common infectious diseases in children.
  • We do consultations on abnormal renal function and electrolyte imbalance in critical pediatric patients with life-threatening disease such as malignancy and heart disease. We also provide treatments for renal failure using the most advanced equipment including continuous renal replacement therapy.
  • We provide genetic tests and treatments for rare diseases and genetic kidney diseases.

Medical Specialities

Take a look at the treatment of major diseases in your department.

Kidney transplantation

AMC has adopted kidney transplantation in the 1990s. Since then the number of kidney transplantations performed in AMC has increased to reach 3,000 cases in January 2012 with around 300 a year, which is the largest in Korea. AMC has also performed around 200 ABO-incompatible kidney transplantations by October 2013.

Fetal Treatment

One of the best services of the Center is a collaborative system of relevant departments of pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, pediatric surgery, pediatric thoracic & cardiovascular surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric neurology, and pediatric plastic surgery. It aims to check and diagnose fetal deformities by an ultrasound screening at the same time providing consultation for parents on the postnatal treatment and its outcomes and facilitates the treatment of a baby immediately after birth.

Doctors

  • Lee, Joo Hoon
    Lee, Joo Hoon
    Departments

    Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatrics

    Specialty

    Pediatric Nephrology, Urinary disease, Pediatric disease

  • JIWON JUNG
    JIWON JUNG
    Departments

    Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatrics

    Specialty