The renal resistive index as a new complementary tool to predict microvascular diabetic complications in children and adolescents: a groundbreaking finding

Diabetes is the third most common chronic condition in childhood and poor glycemic control leads to serious short-term and life-limiting long-term complications (1). Diabetes is a strong risk factor for arteriosclerosis, which is systemic in nature and may affect arteries of different sizes (2). Diabetic nephropathy, which is micro-vascular in nature, is widely considered an important complication of diabetes (3). It is the leading cause of kidney disease in patients starting renal replacement therapy and affects nearly 40% of type 1 diabetes, particularly those with marked proteinuria (4)