Disparities in treatment and outcome of kidney replacement therapy in children with comorbidities: an ESPN/ERA Registry study.
Raphael SchildSimeon DupontJérôme HarambatEnrico VidalAyşe BalatCsaba BereczkiBeata BieniaśPer BrandströmFrancoise BrouxSilvia ConsoloIvana GojkovicJaap W GroothoffKristine HommelHolger HubmannFiona E M BraddonTatiana E PankratenkoFotios PapachristouLucy A PlumbLudmila PodrackaSylwester ProkuratAnna BjerreCarolina CordinhãJuuso TainioEnkelejda ShkurtiGiuseppina SpartàKarel VondrakKitty J JagerJun OhMarjolein BonthuisPublished in: Clinical kidney journal (2023)
Comorbidities have become more frequent in children on KRT and reduce their access to transplantation and survival, especially when remaining on dialysis. KT should be considered as an option in all paediatric KRT patients and efforts should be made to identify modifiable barriers to KT for children with comorbidities.