Choosing a dialysis therapy for children with end-stage renal disease.

Although transplantation is the optimal therapeutic modality for the child with ESRD, it is usual for the child to require short- or long-term dialysis prior to obtaining a successful transplant. Various factors such as age, mental and psychosocial status, and primary renal disease influence the choice of dialysis therapy. The medical and psychosocial benefits of home peritoneal dialysis are the determining factors influencing the increasing use of CAPD/CCPD in children requiring prolonged dialysis therapy.