2024 – Paediatrics

PATIENT AND CAREGIVER PERSPECTIVES ON MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MR LUCA GAETANO TORRISI1,2, DR ANITA VAN ZWIETEN1,2, MRS CHANDANA GUHA1,2, MS MARIANNE KERR2, PROFESSOR JONATHAN CRAIG3, PROFESSOR STEPHEN ALEXANDER2, PROFESSOR ALLISON JAURE1,2 1Centre for...

MANAGEMENT OF PAEDIATRIC IGA VASCULITIS WITH NEPHRITIS: A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE Dr THOMAS MILLER1, Dr AMELIA LE PAGE2,3, Professor A. RICHARD KITCHING2,3,4,5, Dr LILIAN JOHNSTONE2,3 1Nephrology Department, Women’s And Children’s Hospital, SA Health, Australia, 2Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Monash Children’s Hospital,...

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STEROID SPARING AGENTS IN CHILDHOOD NEPHROTIC SYNDROME Dr Chad Maidment1, Dr Anna Francis1 1Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia Aim: We sought to investigate the use and responses of steroid sparing agents in children with frequently relapsing (FRNS)...

GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY IN CHILDREN WITH IGA NEPHROPATHY Miss Leonie Perera1, Dr  Stephen I  Alexander1,2,3, Dr  Siah Kim2,3,4, Dr  Hugh J  McCarthy1,2,3 1Sydney Medical School The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia, 2Department of Nephrology The Children’s Hospital at Westmead,...

KIDNEY TRANSPLANT BIOPSY ADEQUACY AND OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN Dr Sarah Marokakis1, Dr Chen Pettit1, Dr  Ali Moghimi1, Dr Nicole Graf1,2, Dr  Siah Kim1,2,3, Dr  Anne Durkan1,2,3 1The Children’s Hospital At Westmead, Westmead, Australia, 2University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 3Centre for...

PERSPECTIVES OF CAREGIVERS ON ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: A SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW STUDY Ms Chandana Guha1,2, Ms Rabia Khalid3,4, Dr Kylie-Ann  Mallitt1,2,5, Dr Anita van Zwieten1,2, Dr Anna Francis6, Dr Siah Kim1,2, Professor Armando Teixeira-Pinto1,2, Ms...

SCHOOL-BASED SCREENING FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN CHILDREN IS EFFECTIVE, ACCEPTABLE AND FEASIBLE Mr Jonathan Glenning1,2,3, Dr Freya Sheeran1,2,3, A/Prof. Jon Quach1,2, Prof. Michael Cheung1,2,3, A/Prof. Stephanie Best1,2, A/Prof. Catherine Quinlan1,2,3, A/Prof. Jonathan Mynard1,2,3 1Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia,...

AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AUDIT OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION FOLLOWING MICTURATING CYSTOURETHROGRAM IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Dr Kayla Ryan1, Dr Simon Carter1,2,3, Dr Sergio Ruiz-Carmona4, Dr Ahuva Segal4, Dr Amanda Gwee2,3,5, Dr Joshua Kausman1,2,3, Dr Ruth Armstrong6, Dr...