Pediatric Nephrology

National Kidney Foundation - http://www.kidney.org/ This website provides useful information to patients and health-care professionals on various renal disorders. The website contains an "A to Z health guide", patient education brouchures that can be downloaded free, information on renal transplants, message boards, information on clinical trials pertaining to nephrology and e-kidney(the online newsletter). The pediatric section contains information for parents on bedwetting, hydronephrosis, hematuria and other renal conditions. The professional section contains evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, information about conferences, clinical calculators and links to other nephrology resources.

International Pediatric Nephrology Asso-ciation (IPNA) - http://www.ipna-online.org. The IPNA website provides information about the activities of the organisation, membership information and directory, a members-only section, news and links to other pediatric nephrology webistes.

Nephkids-http:/cnserver0.nkf.med.ua berta.ca/nephkids/ This is an interactive email group(listserv) for parents of children with renal disease. Discussions are moderated by pediatric nephrologists. This website also contains information on various pediatric renal conditions.

Cybernephrology: Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney - http://www.kidneyatlas.org/ This is an online atlas from the University of Colorado, school of Medicine. In addition to a vast collection of images, power-point presentations on various nephrology topics are also available.

Cochrane-Renal group -www.cochrane-renal. org. The Cochrane-renal group, a part of the Cochrane collaboration, is based at the children's hospital at Westmead, Australia. The website provides evidence based summaries on various nephrology topics, their publications and a listing of the potential review titles.