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Ten-year trends in epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric kidney replacement therapy in Europe: data from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry
BackgroundFor 10 consecutive years, the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry has included data on children with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD 5) receiving...
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Growth in children on kidney replacement therapy: a review of data from patient registries
Growth retardation is a major complication in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and on kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Conversely, better...
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Hemodialysis vascular access and subsequent transplantation: a report from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry
BackgroundCurrent guidelines advocate use of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) over central venous catheter (CVC) for children starting hemodialysis (HD)....
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The European Rare Kidney Disease Registry (ERKReg): objectives, design and initial results
BackgroundThe European Rare Kidney Disease Reference Network (ERKNet) recently established ERKReg, a Web-based registry for all patients with rare...
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Epidemiology of pediatric chronic kidney disease/kidney failure: learning from registries and cohort studies
Although the concept of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children is similar to that in adults, pediatric CKD has some peculiarities, and there is...
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Pediatric kidney transplantation in China: an analysis from the IPNA Global Kidney Replacement Therapy Registry
BackgroundThe International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) Global Kidney Replacement Therapy (KRT) Registry was established to evaluate the...
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Targeting optimal PD management in children: what have we learned from the IPPN registry?
National and international registries have great potential for providing data that describe disease burden, treatments, and outcomes especially in...
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Progress made toward equitable transplantation in children and young adults with kidney disease
Racial disparities in pediatric kidney transplantation have been well described over the last two decades and include disparities in preemptive...
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The use of cinacalcet after pediatric renal transplantation: an international CERTAIN Registry analysis
BackgroundSecondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) may persist after renal transplantation (RTx), inducing hypophosphatemia and hypercalcemia that...
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Practice patterns and outcomes of maintenance dialysis in children < 2 years of age: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS)
BackgroundPeritoneal dialysis (PD) is the preferred mode of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in infants and young children with kidney failure....
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Resident foreign patients receive adequate dialysis but fewer preemptive transplantations: data from the Italian pediatric dialysis registry
BackgroundSociocultural issues play a key role in children needing kidney replacement therapy (KRT).
MethodsData of incident patients < 18 years...
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Insight into prevalence, etiology, and modalities of pediatric chronic dialysis: a comprehensive nationwide analysis
BackgroundThis study aimed to determine the prevalence and etiology of kidney failure (KF) among children below 15 years of age receiving chronic...
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Care of the pediatric patient on chronic peritoneal dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is the most commonly prescribed dialysis modality for infants and young children with kidney failure worldwide. Provision of...
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Studientagung der Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Nephrologie – Grundlage innovativer Forschung
The study conference of the German Society for Pediatric Nephrology (GPN), which has been held for almost 50 years, is the most important instrument...
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Survival and transplant outcomes among young children requiring kidney replacement therapy
BackgroundYoung children starting kidney replacement therapy (KRT) suffer high disease burden with unique impacts on growth and development, timing...
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Toward generalizing the use of artificial intelligence in nephrology and kidney transplantation
With its robust ability to integrate and learn from large sets of clinical data, artificial intelligence (AI) can now play a role in...
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Outcomes of renal replacement therapy in boys with prune belly syndrome: findings from the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry
BackgroundAs outcome data for prune belly syndrome (PBS) complicated by end-stage renal disease are scarce, we analyzed characteristics and outcomes...
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Update on the creation and maintenance of arteriovenous fistulas for haemodialysis in children
Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are widely used for haemodialysis (HD) in adults with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD 5) and are generally...
