A Clinical Practice Snapshot on Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

A Clinical Practice Snapshot on Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Healthcare in Europe

The aim is to create an overview of the similarities and differences in daily practice among the different centers performing pediatric kidney transplantation in Europe.

For this purpose, a Clinical Practice Snapshot will be used to provide insight in the current approaches.

In order to create an overview of the current care for pediatric kidney transplant (PKT) recipients a clinical practice snapshot was developed.

All participating centers were asked to answer 6 clinical questions on their last 30 transplanted patients.

Patient characteristics, donor charactertistics, use of stents, immunosuppressive medication and renal function are compared between centers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Kidney received <18 years
• at least one month of follow-up
• transplantation and follow-up in dedicated PKT center

Exclusion Criteria:

• combined transplantation