Introduction:

congenital renal and urinary tract malformations constitute a heterogeneous group of anomalies secondary to an abnormal embryonic development of the renal system.

Objective:

to study in depth the aspects related to the early diagnosis of congenital renal and urinary tract malformations, as a frequent cause of occult chronic kidney disease in the paediatric age group, from an integral and personalized perspective, based on a medical and social approach.

Methods:

a systematic review on the subject was carried out in the following databases: EBSCO, SciELO, Scopus, PubMed, and in journals of Paediatric Nephrology, Paediatrics, Genetics and Teratology. The articles were published in Spanish or English languages. A direct content analysis was performed to achieve the theoretical update of the topic with a medical and social approach.

Conclusions:

the development of Paediatric Nephrology constitutes a line of work of MINSAP. Its principles are intersectoriality, prevention and participation of related specialities (in order to achieve care, teaching and research results that determine greater quality in the early diagnosis of congenital renal and urinary tract malformations). This condition is a frequent cause of occult chronic kidney disease in the paediatric age group, from an integral and personalized perspective, based on a medical and social approach.