Incomplete vaccination coverage in European children with end-stage kidney disease prior to renal transplantation.

Britta HöckerMartin AguilarPaul SchnitzlerLars PapeLuca Dello StrologoNicholas J A WebbMartin BaldGurkan GencHeiko BillingJens KönigAnja BüscherMarkus J KemperStephen D MarksMartin PohlMarianne WiggerRezan TopalogluSusanne RiegerKai KrupkaThomas BrucknerAlexander FichtnerBurkhard Tönshoff

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2017)

The vaccination coverage in paediatric kidney transplant candidates is incomplete. Paediatric nephrologists, together with primary-care staff and patients' families, should therefore make every effort to improve vaccination rates before kidney transplantation.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
primary care
end stage renal disease
intensive care unit
emergency department
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
young adults
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
affordable care act
patient reported