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Kidney failure and treatment

Find out what happens to the body and what treatments are available when kidneys fail.

About kidney transplants

Read about the reasons you might need a kidney transplant and how a kidney transplant can affect your future.

What is intestinal failure?

Intestinal failure is a condition in which the GI tract cannot absorb the nutrients a child needs for growth and day-to-day life. Learn about the causes and treatments.

Kidney disease and diabetes

Kidney disease may occur later in life as a result of diabetes. Learn about diabetic nephropathy, diagnosis and treatment.

Other complications after a kidney transplant

Failure to thrive in children with congenital heart conditions

Learn about failure to thrive and how your child's health-care team manages it.

Congestive heart failure

The causes of heart failure in children are often very different than in adults. Discover what causes heart failure in children, how it is diagnosed and possible treatments.

Physical activity and intestinal failure

Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have intestinal failure.

Enteral nutrition in intestinal failure

Enteral nutrition is any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition to your child. It can include food given through their mouth or through a feeding tube.

Intestinal failure: Transitions during childhood (birth to 11 years of age)

Find information to help you support your child with intestinal failure from birth to 11 years of age as they transition through developmental ages and stages.

Rejection of a kidney transplant

Ebstein's anomaly

Learn about Ebstein's anomaly in children. This condition can result in heart failure or cyanosis, but it can also resolve itself without treatment.

Nephrotic syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common kidney diseases in children. It presents as a group of symptoms, which occur together in the body and include the presence of protein (albumin) in the urine and edema (swelling).

The heart transplant operation

A heart transplant operation takes four to 10 hours. Learn what happens during the transplant and the major problems that may occur.

Intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP)

Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.

Kidney transplant: Self-monitoring and potential complications

Kidney biopsy using image guidance

Learn what a kidney biopsy is and why it is done. Also find information about what will happen to your child before, during, and after the procedure.

Posterior urethral valves: Overview

Find out what to expect if you have a child with posterior urethral valves (PUV). This document reviews the condition and how it is managed with medications, tests, interventions and surgeries.

Physical activity and sport post kidney transplant

Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a kidney transplant.

What happens during kidney transplant surgery

Kidney transplant from a deceased donor

Deceased donor kidney transplant: Tests when you arrive at the hospital