International Pediatric Dialysis Network (IPDN)

The International Pediatric Dialysis Network is a global consortium of pediatric nephrology centers dedicated to the care of children on chronic dialysis. The IPDN aims to: 1) improve the quality of pediatric dialysis care worldwide 2) collect basic information regarding pediatric dialysis practices and outcomes 3) provide useful tools and management algorithms for daily dialysis practice 4) provide global benchmarking of pediatric dialysis outcomes perform prospective observational studies on important clinical issues in pediatric dialysis. IPDN entertains two registries: The IPPN registry for children on chronic peritoneal dialysis,and the IPHN registry for children on hemodialysis. At present,249 institutions participate in the network and 582 individual members actively contribute data to the network.