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).

While HD may not be the modality of choice for chronic KRT in younger children, 10% of children younger than 24 months of age receive maintenance HD and the numbers have increased over time. Patient survival on dialysis is similar irrespective of dialysis modality. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.