Scholars@Duke
Annabelle Nancy Chua

Annabelle Nancy Chua

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Nephrology
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Responding to the workforce crisis: consensus recommendations from the Second Workforce Summit of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · December 2024 IMPORTANCE: Pediatric patients with complex medical problems benefit from pediatric sub-specialty care; however, a significant proportion of children live greater than 80 mi. away from pediatric sub-specialty care. OBJECTIVE: To identify current knowledge ... Full text Link to item Cite

COVID-19 disease among children and young adults enrolled in the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies registry.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · May 2024 BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has disproportionately affected adults with kidney disease. Data regarding outcomes among children with kidney disease are limited. The North American Pediatric Renal Trials Collaborative Studies Registry ... Full text Link to item Cite

Care of the pediatric patient on chronic peritoneal dialysis.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · December 2022 Peritoneal dialysis is the most commonly prescribed dialysis modality for infants and young children with kidney failure worldwide. Provision of high-quality care for the pediatric patient on chronic peritoneal dialysis requires a multidisciplinary approac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Differences in rituximab use between pediatric rheumatologists and nephrologists for the treatment of refractory lupus nephritis and renal flare in childhood-onset SLE.

Journal Article Pediatr Rheumatol Online J · August 30, 2021 BACKGROUND: Consensus treatment plans have been developed for induction therapy of newly diagnosed proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. However, patients who do not respond to initial therapy, or who develop r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Late first acute rejection in pediatric kidney transplantation: A North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies special study.

Journal Article Pediatr Transplant · August 2021 Rates of early AR in pediatric kidney transplantation have declined in every era but the most recent NAPRTCS cohort has shown an increase in late first AR rates. We hypothesized this was due to an increased proportion of deceased donor utilization and earl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immune function and immunizations in dialyzed children

Chapter · May 1, 2021 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are associated with significant alterations in immune function. On the one hand, CKD is associated with a state of chronic inflammation, which in turn has been associated with increased muscl ... Full text Cite

Multicenter data to improve health for pediatric renal transplant recipients in North America: Complementary approaches of NAPRTCS and IROC.

Journal Article Pediatr Transplant · February 2021 Kidney transplantation increases life expectancy and improves quality of life for children with end-stage kidney disease, yet sequelae of transplantation and treatment make it difficult for transplant recipients to enjoy health and quality of life similar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tailored use of belatacept in adolescent kidney transplantation.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 2020 Adolescent transplant recipients are at risk for nonadherence, development of de novo donor-specific antibody (dnDSA), and allograft loss. Belatacept, a selective T cell costimulatory blocker, is associated with reduced dnDSA, improved renal function, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Kidney transplant practice patterns and outcome benchmarks over 30 years: The 2018 report of the NAPRTCS.

Journal Article Pediatr Transplant · December 2019 The NAPRTCS has collected clinical information on children undergoing renal transplantation since 1987 and now includes information on 12 920 renal transplants in 11 870 patients. Since the first data analysis in 1989, NAPRTCS reports have documented marke ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correction to: Recurrence of nephrotic syndrome following kidney transplantation is associated with initial native kidney biopsy findings : A Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC) study.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · March 2019 The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The subtitle "A Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC) study" was missing. The correct title including subtitle is given above. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Score Identifies High Risk Patients in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.

Journal Article Front Pediatr · 2019 Background: Currently, there is no standardized approach for determining psychosocial readiness in pediatric transplantation. We examined the utility of the Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) to identify pediatric kidney trans ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Recurrence of nephrotic syndrome following kidney transplantation is associated with initial native kidney biopsy findings.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · October 2018 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and minimal change disease (MCD) is a leading cause of end-stage kidney disease in children. Recurrence of primary disease following tra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Care of the Pediatric Patient on Chronic Dialysis.

Journal Article Adv Chronic Kidney Dis · November 2017 Optimal care of the pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient on chronic dialysis is complex and requires multidisciplinary care as well as patient/caregiver involvement. The dialysis team, along with the family and patient, should all play a role i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation of standardized follow-up care significantly reduces peritonitis in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis.

Journal Article Kidney Int · June 2016 The Standardizing Care to improve Outcomes in Pediatric End stage renal disease (SCOPE) Collaborative aims to reduce peritonitis rates in pediatric chronic peritoneal dialysis patients by increasing implementation of standardized care practices. To assess ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of anemia in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis.

Journal Article J Am Soc Nephrol · March 2013 Little information exists regarding the efficacy, modifiers, and outcomes of anemia management in children with CKD or ESRD. We assessed practices, effectors, and outcomes of anemia management in 1394 pediatric patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Continuous renal replacement therapy for children ≤10 kg: a report from the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry.

Journal Article J Pediatr · March 2013 OBJECTIVE: To report circuit characteristics and survival analysis in children weighing ≤10 kg enrolled in the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) Registry. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted prospective cohort analysis of the ppCRR ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonrenal indications for continuous renal replacement therapy: A report from the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Registry Group.

Journal Article Pediatr Crit Care Med · September 2012 OBJECTIVE: Continuous renal replacement therapy is the most often implemented dialysis modality in the pediatric intensive care unit setting for patients with acute kidney injury. However, it also has a role in the management of patients with nonrenal indi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immune function and immunizations in dialyzed children

Chapter · January 1, 2012 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are associated with significant alterations in immune function. On the one hand, CKD is associated with a state of chronic inflammation, which in turn has been associated with increased muscle ... Full text Cite

Adherence of pediatric patients to automated peritoneal dialysis.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · May 2011 Little information is available on adherence to a home automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) prescription for children with end-stage renal disease. We have therefore retrospectively reviewed HomeChoice PRO Card data from patients <21 years of age who receiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stenosing ureteritis in a 7-year-old boy with Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis: A case report and review of the literature.

Journal Article J Pediatr Urol · December 2010 INTRODUCTION: Urinary tract obstruction resulting from Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is an extremely rare urologic entity. If the genitourinary system is involved, it is primarily in the form of a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis. Stenosing disease ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fluid overload and mortality in children receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry.

Journal Article Am J Kidney Dis · February 2010 BACKGROUND: Critically ill children with hemodynamic instability and acute kidney injury often develop fluid overload. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has emerged as a favored modality in the management of such children. This study investigated ... Full text Link to item Cite

The bone and mineral disorder of children undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis

Journal Article Kidney International · January 1, 2010 The mineral and bone disorder of chronic kidney disease remains a challenging complication in pediatric end-stage renal disease. Here, we assessed symptoms, risk factors and management of this disorder in 890 children and adolescents from 24 countries repo ... Full text Cite

Topical mupirocin/sodium hypochlorite reduces peritonitis and exit-site infection rates in children.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · December 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a common maintenance renal replacement modality for children with ESRD frequently compromised by infectious peritonitis and catheter exit site and tunnel infections (ESI/TI). The effect of topical mupi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Protein and calorie prescription for children and young adults receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Registry Group.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · December 2008 OBJECTIVE: Few published reports describe nutrition provision for critically ill children and young adults with acute kidney injury receiving continuous renal replacement therapy. The goals of this study were to describe feeding practices in pediatric cont ... Full text Link to item Cite

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) after stem cell transplantation. A report from the prospective pediatric CRRT Registry Group.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · April 2008 Pediatric stem cell transplant (SCT) recipients commonly develop acute renal failure (ARF). We report the demographic and survival data of pediatric SCT patients enrolled in the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) Registry. ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of vascular access location and size on circuit survival in pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the PPCRRT registry.

Journal Article Int J Artif Organs · December 2007 PURPOSE: Well-functioning vascular access is essential for the provision of adequate CRRT. However, few data exist to describe the effect of catheter size or location on CRRT performance in the pediatric population. METHODS: Data for vascular access site, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Demographic characteristics of pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy: a report of the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · July 2007 BACKGROUND: This article reports demographic characteristics and intensive care unit survival for 344 patients from the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) Registry, a voluntary multicenter observational network. DESIGN, SET ... Full text Link to item Cite

Proteinuria in pediatric renal transplant recipients during the first 60 post-transplant days.

Journal Article Pediatr Transplant · December 2006 Although normative values of post-transplant proteinuria have been reported in adults, data for pediatric renal transplant recipients have not been previously published. We hypothesized that pediatric renal transplant recipients achieve normal urinary prot ... Full text Link to item Cite

A technique for rapid exchange of continuous renal replacement therapy.

Journal Article Pediatr Nephrol · May 2006 Re-initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in neonates and young infants weighing less than 15 kg often necessitates a blood prime of the blood circuit path or a concurrent packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion to avoid causing hemodyn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Glycosylated recombinant human XCL1/lymphotactin exhibits enhanced biologic activity.

Journal Article J Immunol Methods · July 2005 Chemokines are a family of small, secreted chemoattractant cytokines that regulate distribution and function of leukocytes during immune responses. While most chemokines are members of the CC or CXC subgroups, XCL1, also known as lymphotactin, is the sole ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) Registry: design, development and data assessed.

Journal Article Int J Artif Organs · January 2004 Many issues plague the pediatric ARF outcome literature, which include data only from single center sources, a relative lack of prospective study, mixture within studies of renal replacement therapy modality without stratification and inconsistent use of m ... Full text Link to item Cite