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THE ORGANISATION OF PAEDIATRIC RENAL CARE IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: RESULTS OF THE PAC PROJECT
Author(s) -
Knoll J.,
Demol A.,
Elseviers M.,
Harrington M.,
Vos J.Y.,
Zampieron A.,
Ormandy P.,
Kafkia T.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2006.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - peritoneal dialysis , medicine , transplantation , multidisciplinary approach , multidisciplinary team , renal replacement therapy , dialysis , schedule , intensive care medicine , waiting list , family medicine , nursing , pediatrics , management , social science , sociology , economics
SUMMARY The Paediatric Access Care (PAC) project, organised by the Research Board of EDTNA/ERCA, aimed to study the organisation of paediatric renal care in Europe and to investigate the practice of access care for both haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) paediatric patients. This paper reports on the organisation of paediatric renal care. The majority of paediatric renal care units were located in specific paediatric units of university hospitals. Most of the centres had offered HD, PD and transplantation (Tx) for more than 20 years. Half of nursing staff had qualifications in paediatric and renal nursing. Most of the centres offered an extended multidisciplinary team approach with the family actively involved in the care of the patient. PD and HD were equally used. Automatic Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) was offered as the standard PD treatment in 2 out of 3 centres. The HD schedule mostly utilised was 3 × 4 hours a week. Half of the patients were on the Tx waiting list and one third of registered patients were transplanted in 2004.