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Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric peritoneal dialysis

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Peritoneal dialysis (PD) continues to be an important modality of treatment for children with end-stage renal disease. The Canadian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists recognized the need nationally to review the literature on the delivery of PD in children to provide optimal standardized care. This resulted in the development of the Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for pediatric PD. Clinical practice guidelines are a useful adjunct to clinical care. The present review includes recommendations for catheter placement and types, requirement for prophylactic omentectomy, initiation and adequacy of dialysis, PD prescription, and solute clearance. It provides physicians with updated evidence-based recommendations that include consideration towards practicality with the major goal of improved and standardized patient care.

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We would like to acknowledge Baxter Healthcare Ltd., Canada, and Hoffman LaRoche, Canada for an (unrestricted) educational grant which was utilized for the guidelines meeting held September 2002. We would also like to thank all members of CAPN who participated in the meeting as well as the final review of this document.

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Members of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists: BC Children’s Hospital, British Columbia; Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB; Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB; Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK; Regina General Hospital, Regina, SK; Winnipeg Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, MB; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON; McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, ON; Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London, ON; The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON; Hôpital Sainte Justine, Montreal, QC; Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC; CHUS, Fleurimont, QC; Le Centre Hosp de l’Universite Laval, St. Foy, QC; Izaak Walton Killam Hospital, Halifax, NS.

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White, C.T., Gowrishankar, M., Feber, J. et al. Clinical practice guidelines for pediatric peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr Nephrol 21, 1059–1066 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-006-0099-1

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