Recorded: EIP 2011 ● Language: English ● Duration: 21 minutes ● Topic: Pediatric Nephrology

     
 

Speaker: HEATHER LAMBERT, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, The Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  
     
  Learning Objectives: At the end of the session participants will: (1) Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is an inherited congenital anomaly (2) VUR may be associated with congenital dysplasia and acquired renal scarring. (3) Understand the controversies regarding the role of VUR in urinary tract infection pyelonephritis and acquired renal scarring.