Kidney Problems in Babies and Children

Many kidney problems can be diagnosed before a baby is born via routine prenatal testing and treated with close follow up, imaging studies and sometimes medication or surgery. The nationally recognized, board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric urologists, pediatric nurses and other clinical kidney specialists at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's treat the full spectrum of pediatric kidney illnesses and issues, including:

• Kidney blockage/obstruction
• Kidney cysts
• Hydronephrosis/pyelectasis (enlarged kidney)
• Pyelonephritis (kidney infection)
• Kidney stones
• Kidney trauma
• Kidney tumors
• Hematuria (blood in the urine)