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Home hemodialysis in children
Author(s) -
Hothi Daljit K,
Stronach Lynsey,
Sinnott Kate
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/hdi.12421
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , staffing , home hemodialysis , dialysis , intensive care medicine , population , medical prescription , scope (computer science) , medical emergency , nursing , surgery , environmental health , computer science , programming language
Pediatric home hemodialysis is infrequently performed despite a growing need globally among patients with end‐stage renal disease who do not have immediate access to a kidney transplant. In this review, we expand the scope of the Implementing Hemodialysis in the Home website and associated supplement published previously in Hemodialysis International and offer information tailored to the pediatric population. We describe the experience and outcomes of centers managing pediatric patients, and offer recommendations and practical tools to assist clinicians in providing quotidian dialysis for children, including infrastructural and staffing needs, equipment and prescriptions, and patient selection and training.