Society guideline links: Nephrotic syndrome in children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Acute kidney injury in children" and "Society guideline links: Proteinuria in children".)

International

●International Pediatrics Nephrology Association (IPNA): Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of children with steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (2023)

●Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO): Clinical practice guideline for the management of glomerular diseases (2021)

●IPNA: Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (2020)

●KDIGO: New guidelines on treatment of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in children (2013)

●KDIGO: New guidelines on treatment of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (2013)

Canada

●Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN): Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for glomerulonephritis – Management of nephrotic syndrome in children (published 2014)

United States

●National Kidney Foundation–Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF-KDOQI): US commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for glomerulonephritis (published 2013)

●Children's Nephrotic Syndrome Consensus Conference: Management of childhood onset nephrotic syndrome (2009)

Europe

●European Reference Network for Rare Kidney Diseases and European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ERKNet-ESPN): Consensus recommendations for the management of congenital nephrotic syndrome (2021)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN) and Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology (JSPN): Clinical practice guideline for pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome – General therapy (2013, published 2015)

●[In English] JSN and JSPN: Clinical practice guideline for pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome – Medical therapy (2013, published 2015)

●[In English] JSN and Ministry of Health and Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for nephrotic syndrome (2014, published 2015)

●[In Japanese] JSN and MHLW: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for nephrotic syndrome (2014, published 2015)