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EP05.88: A prenatal ultrasound‐based prototype calculator for predicting childhood renal impairment in fetuses with CAKUT

Key takeaways

Researchers built a prototype calculator that uses a pregnancy ultrasound to predict whether a baby born with a kidney or urinary tract defect (called CAKUT) will have poor kidney function in childhood. The point is to tell families early which children need close follow-up. This is a short conference abstract, not a full peer-reviewed paper, and the tool has not been tested outside the group that built it. It shows a link between scan findings and later kidney function, not cause.

Who did this work

O. Dominsky (Tel Aviv University) · H. Miremberg (Tel Aviv University) · K. Garel (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center) · N. Feldman Leidner (Tel Aviv University) · R. Kleper (Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center) · K. Krajden Haratz (Tel Aviv University) · S. Perlman (Tel Aviv University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-31
https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.70305_457