The German Paediatric Surveillance Unit (GPSU)
Summary: The GPSU (German: ESPED) is a nation-wide surveillance system for rare paediatric diseases or rare complications of frequent diseases in hospitalized children in Germany. GPSU has been established by the German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ) in 1992 and is located at the University Medical Centre Mainz since 2021. In 2024, 293 of 330 German paediatric clinics contributed to active case finding on a monthly basis. Applications for new surveillance studies are always welcome and can be submitted to the central GPSU office at any time via email to esped@uni-mainz.de
In cooperation with the German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ)
