title: Home hemodialysis in children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
authors.forename: Daljit K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hothi
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
authors.forename: Lynsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stronach
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sinnott
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006437:Hemodialysis, Home / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D055656:Prescriptions
keywords: Children; end-stage renal disease; hemodialysis; home hemodialysis; pediatric