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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].
Rurality and distance traveled for healthcare are associated with worse pediatric health indicators. We retrospectively analyzed patients ages 0–21 at a quaternary pediatric surgical facility with a large rural catchment area between 1/1/2016-12/31/2020. Patient addresses were designated as metropolitan or non-metropolitan. 60- and 120-minute driving rings from our institution were calculated.
Objective To evaluate risk factors for hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and examine the long-term outcomes of graft and patient survival following HAT in pediatric recipients of liver transplantation. Study design Utilizing multicenter data from the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT), Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were performed on first-time pediatric (aged <18 years) liver transplant recipients (n=3801) in the United States and Canada between 1995 to 2016.
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