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Table 1 PICO characteristics

From: Clinical practice guideline monitoring children and young people with, or at risk of developing autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Population

Intervention

Comparison

Outcome

Study design

Children (< 18) with a confirmed diagnosis of ADPKD or at risk of ADPKD due to their family history

Ultrasonography

Cranial imaging

Blood Pressure monitoring

Monitoring for albuminuria

Therapeutics

Genetic counselling

Any intervention compared with any other or no intervention

Mortality

Hospitalisations

Chronic Kidney Disease

Cardiovascular disease

Hypertension

Randomised controlled trials (RCT)

Non-randomised studies if adjusted for key confounders (age, health at baseline, co-morbidities).