University of Iowa Children's Hospital Rankings

Children's Specialties
Nationally ranked Cancer
Nationally ranked Cardiology & Heart Surgery
Nationally ranked Diabetes & Endocrinology
Nationally ranked Nephrology
Nationally ranked Neurology & Neurosurgery
Nationally ranked Orthopedics
Nationally ranked Pulmonology

Pediatrics: Nephrology

best Rank in this specialty
#25
Overall Score in this Specialty
57.7 / 100

Reputation with specialists

Significant

50

Score: 6.6%

Significant: 3.0%-​14.9%

Survival after kidney transplant

At one and three years

Average

50

Score: 20

Average: 19 or 20 out of 24

Managing dialysis patients

Lab tests and survival

Modest

25

Score: 13

Modest: 1 to 13 out of 20

Preventing biopsy complications

High

100

Score: 3

High: 3 out of 3

Use of infection-preventing measures

Superior

100

Score: 41

Superior: 41 to 44 out of 44

Prevention of ICU infections

Modest

25

Score: 2

Modest: 1 or 2 out of 6

Prevention of dialysis-related infections

High

75

Score: 9

High: 8 to 10 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

Superior

100

Score: 3

Superior: 3 out of 3

Nephrology patient volume

Average

50

Score: 24

Average: 19 to 26 out of 36

Catheter procedure volume

Low

5

Score: 4

Low: 1 or 5 out of 15

Dialysis volume

Low

5

Score: 9

Low: 1 to 9 out of 18

Kidney biopsy volume

Low

5

Score: 3

Low: 1, 2, or 3 out of 9

Kidney transplant volume

Average

50

Score: 2

Average: 2 out of 6

Nurse-patient ratio

Superior

100

Score: 3.1

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

Superior

100

Score: 27

Superior: 25 to 27 out of 27

Transplants to dialysis patients

Percent getting a kidney in last two years

Average

50

Score: 4

Average: 4 to 6 out of 12

Advanced clinical services

Such as different dialysis options

Most

75

Score: 7

Most: 7 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: 9

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

Superior

100

Score: 8

Superior: 8 out of 8

Fellowship program

Score: √

Commitment to clinical research

Very good

75

Score: 8

Very good: 8 or 9 out of 10

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