Neurocognition in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review of Data From the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2021

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2021.09.007

Abstract

Pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with deficits in neurocognitive functioning, ranging from mild to severe, and correlated with the severity of kidney disease. Clinical variables that are associated with neurocognitive deficits include lower kidney function, hypertension, proteinuria, and metabolic acidosis. Commonly reported neurocognitive difficulties include academic underachievement and deficits in attention regulation and executive function as well as somewhat lower intellectual abilities compared with peer and normative data. Although often mild, these neurocognitive deficits may have broad implications for quality of life and likely contribute to both poorer high school graduation rates and long-term underemployment in the adult CKD population. The presence of neurocognitive deficits in predialytic CKD has been well characterized, but further longitudinal research is warranted to describe cognitive changes as children progress from early stage CKD to kidney replacement therapy. Such studies should include both cognitive and neuroimaging evaluations to better inform the impact of CKD progression on neurocognitive outcomes.

Journal Title

Seminars in nephrology

Volume

41

Issue

5

First Page

446

Last Page

454

Keywords

Neurocognition; chronic kidney disease; executive function; hypertension; progression

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