Pediatric end-stage renal disease: incidence, management, and prevention.

Although pediatric end-stage renal disease affects a small number of children, it is a serious and growing health problem in the United States. In the past decade, the incidence of the disease has increased steadily in all racial groups. However, poor and minority children are disproportionately affected. Recent research results make it clear that appropriate prenatal and pediatric care can reduce the incidence of this complex and expensive-to-treat condition.