Children's Hospital Colorado Rankings

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Pediatrics: Nephrology

best Rank in this specialty
#46
Overall Score in this Specialty
46.3 / 100

Reputation with specialists

Modest

25

Score: 1.5%

Modest: 0.1%-​2.9%

Survival after kidney transplant

At one and three years

High

75

Score: 22

High: 21 or 22 out of 24

Managing dialysis patients

Lab tests and survival

Significant

50

Score: 14

Significant: 14, 15, or 16 out of 20

Preventing biopsy complications

Average

50

Score: 2

Average: 1 or 2 out of 3

Use of infection-preventing measures

Significant

50

Score: 33

Significant: 30 to 34 out of 44

Prevention of ICU infections

Superior

100

Score: 6

Superior: 5 or 6 out of 6

Prevention of dialysis-related infections

Average

50

Score: 5

Average: 5 to 7 out of 12

Prevention of pressure ulcers

Pressure over a bone or from central lines, masks and other devices can cause the skin to break down

Very good

75

Score: 2

Very good: 2 out of 3

Nephrology patient volume

Average

50

Score: 25

Average: 19 to 26 out of 36

Catheter procedure volume

High

75

Score: 11

High: 11 to 13 out of 15

Dialysis volume

Low

5

Score: 9

Low: 1 to 9 out of 18

Kidney biopsy volume

Low

5

Score: 2

Low: 1, 2, or 3 out of 9

Kidney transplant volume

High

75

Score: 4

High: 3 or 4 out of 6

Nurse-patient ratio

Superior

100

Score: 3.3

Superior: 3.1 and above

Nurse Magnet recognition

Certified for high nursing standards

Score: √

Commitment to best practices

Such as nurses formally trained in pediatric dialysis

Very good

75

Score: 24

Very good: 19 to 24 out of 27

Transplants to dialysis patients

Percent getting a kidney in last two years

Low

5

Score: 1

Low: 1 to 3 out of 12

Advanced clinical services

Such as different dialysis options

All

100

Score: 8

All: 8 out of 8

Clinical support services

Such as pediatric ICU

All

100

Score: 9

All: 9 out of 9

Advanced technologies

Such as different dialysis options

Score: √

Patient and family services

Such as interpreters and child life specialists

All

100

Score: 12

All: 12 out of 12

Efforts to involve families

Superior

100

Score: 7

Superior: 7 out of 7

Commitment to quality improvement

Superior

100

Score: 10

Superior: 9 or 10 out of 10

Adoption of health information technology

Such as computerized medical records

Superior

100

Score: 10

Superior: 10 out of 10

Availability of subspecialists

Such as pediatric nephrologists

Very good

75

Score: 7

Very good: 7 out of 8

Fellowship program

Score: x

Commitment to clinical research

Modest

25

Score: 2

Modest: 1 to 5 out of 10

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