Evaluation of the implementation of a “Pediatric Feasibility Assessment for Transplantation” tool in children and adolescents at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

• Published in: Pediatric transplantation Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. e14709 - n/a
• Main Authors: Adetunji, Adewale E., Gajjar, Priya, Luyckx, Valerie A., Reddy, Deveshni, Collison, Nicolette, Abdo, Theresa, Pienaar, Taryn, Nourse, Peter, Coetzee, Ashton, Morrow, Brenda, McCulloch, Mignon I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Children; CKD/KF; Dialysis; Feasibility Studies; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; kidney transplant; Kidney transplantation; Pediatrics; pFAT tool; Red Cross; Renal failure; Retrospective Studies; South Africa; Survival; transplant eligibility; Transplants & implants; South Africa; kidney transplant; transplant eligibility; CKD/KF; pFAT tool

Background Kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for children with kidney failure (KF). In South Africa, kidney replacement therapy (KRT) is restricted to children eligible for transplantation. This study reports on the implementation of the Paediatric Feasibility Assessment for Tra...