Aaron Wightman

CKD chronic kidney disease PC palliative care 1 Introduction Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families encounter significant impediments to flourishing related to their illness [1]. Compared to healthy, age-matched peers, the death rates among children with advanced CKD and those who have received kidney transplants are about 30 and 13 times higher, respectively [2, 3].

Disclosure The authors declare no conflicts of interest. References 1 United Nations Children's Fund, “The State of the World's Children 2023: For Every Child, Vaccination,” UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight, 2023, https://data.unicef.org/resources/sowc-2023/.

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