Pediatric Nephrology

, Volume 25, Issue 12, pp 2543–2544 | Cite as

Earthquakes and pediatric nephrology: are we prepared?

  • Sidharth Kumar Sethi
  • Timothy Bunchman
  • Rajendra N. Srivastava
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Keywords

Renal Replacement Therapy Acute Kidney Injury Pediatric Nephrologist Crush Injury Disaster Preparation 
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Notes

Acknowledgements

We express deepest sympathy to the victims and their families, respect and gratitude to the residents and volunteers who contributed and are still contributing substantially to the restoration of the functional social system of Haiti after the earthquake.

Conflict of interests

None.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sidharth Kumar Sethi
    • 1
  • Timothy Bunchman
    • 2
  • Rajendra N. Srivastava
    • 3
  1. 1.Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of PediatricsPGIMER and associated RML HospitalNew DelhiIndia
  2. 2.Division of Pediatric NephrologyHelen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand RapidsUSA
  3. 3.Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of PediatricsIndraprastha Apollo HospitalsNew DelhiIndia

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