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Acute Kidney Injury and Risk of Nephropathy in Children with Diabetes
Leena Mamilly and Mahmoud Kallash

Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States and one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals with diabetes. Risk factors for developing diabetes-related kidney disease include poor glycemic control, hypertension, older age, dyslipidemia, and genetic factors, among others (1). Jia Xin Huang, MD, et al. (2) recently published an article about the role of acute kidney injury (AKI) and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in the development of proteinuria in children with diabetes.

The study is a well-designed retrospective chart review