“It Can’t Be the Dialysis that Kills the Child…” Partnering Pediatric Palliative Care with Care for Children with End-Stage Renal Disease (TH366)

As chronic kidney disease progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), important discussions regarding when and if to initiate dialysis occur. ESRD affects more than 660,000 Americans, less than 10,000 (1.5%) of those are pediatric patients whose time on dialysis is typically meant as a bridge to transplant. In rare circumstances, comorbidities, such as multiorgan failure, progression of other life-threating medical conditions, congenital anomalies, and size restrictions limit pediatric candidates ’ access to transplant.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 23, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Melissa Meyers, Christine Breen, Joan Chrastek, Lawrence Copelovitch, Gwenn Laragione, Shefali Parikh, Rachael Stover-Haney, Naomi Goloff Source Type: research