The effects of hospital and dialysis unit characteristics on hospitalizations for access-related complications among children on maintenance dialysis: a European, multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study.
Yesim Özdemir AtikelClaus Peter SchmittEszter LévaiShazia AdalatRukshana ShroffNadine Goodmanİsmail DursunAyşe Seda PınarbaşıBurcu YazıcıoğluFabio PaglialongaKarel VondrakIsabella GuzzoNikoleta PrintzaAleksandra ZurowskaIlona ZagożdżonAysun Karabay BayazıtBahriye AtmışMarcin TkaczykMaria do Sameiro FariaAriane ZaloszycAugustina JankauskieneMesiha EkimAlberto EdefontiSevcan A BakkaloğluPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2023)
CHs and pediatric-specific dialysis units have higher prevalence of APD and HDF use. Hospitalizations for I-ARCs in CAPD are lower in centers with longer PD experience, and pediatric HD units are associated with fewer hospitalizations due to NI-ARCs. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.