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Renal Replacement Therapy in children with severe developmental disability: guiding questions for decision-making

Overview of attention for article published in European Journal of Pediatrics, September 2018
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Title
Renal Replacement Therapy in children with severe developmental disability: guiding questions for decision-making
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European Journal of Pediatrics, September 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00431-018-3238-3
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Lore Willem, Noël Knops, Djalila Mekahli, Pierre Cochat, Alberto Edefonti, Enrico Verrina, Jaap Groothoff, Lieven Lagae, Jacques Pirenne, Fabienne Dobbels, Pascal Borry, Chris Van Geet, Elena Levtchenko

Abstract

Whether to initiate or to withhold Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) in children with severe developmental disability (DD) remains a topic of intense debate. The present study investigated the opinion of professionals on this difficult issue and proposed a checklist with guiding questions for decision-making. Clinicians affiliated to different organizations involved in pediatric nephrology worldwide were invited to respond to a web-based survey. This survey focused on the collection of demographic data of the respondents together with their opinion concerning the decision-making regarding RRT in a particular case and for children with severe DD in general. A total of 286 professionals responded to the survey. Sixty-six percent supported initiating RRT in the child of the case report, with pre-emptive transplantation being the preferred modality. Important arguments pro RRT initiation in children with severe DD in general were parental preference, decrease of suffering, and improvement of survival and quality of life. Important contraindications included low IQ, severe comorbidities, and inability of the patient to take medication or for the family to provide sufficient care. The present study presents an inventory on the opinions of health care professionals involved in RRT in children regarding the treatment of children with DD and assists in the decision-making process by identifying important medical and psychosocial arguments for initiating or withholding RRT in severe DD patients. What is Known: •Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) in children with severe developmental disability (DD) is a topic of intense debate. •Previous studies on the opinion of professionals mainly focused on the use of IQ as an argument in the decision-making whether or not starting RRT. What is New: •The present study investigated the opinion of professionals with regard to considering initiation or withholding RRT in children with severe DD and identified medical and psychosocial arguments playing a role in the decision-making process. •Based on these arguments, a checklist with guiding questions for decision-making is proposed.

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Unknown 51 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 14%
Student > Bachelor 5 10%
Other 3 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Student > Master 3 6%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 23 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 9 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 8%
Social Sciences 3 6%
Engineering 2 4%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 23 45%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 January 2019.
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#37,826
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#4
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