Predictors of nonfunctional arteriovenous access at hemodialysis initiation and timing of access creation: A registry-based study.

ABSTRACT: Determinants of nonfunctional arteriovenous (AV) access, including timing of AV access creation, have not been sufficiently described. We studied 29 945 patients who had predialysis AV access placement and were included in the French REIN registry from 2005 through 2013. AV access was considered nonfunctional when dialysis began with a catheter. We estimated crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of nonfunctional versus functional AV access associated with case-mix, facility characteristics, and timing of AV access creation. Analyses were stratified by dialysis start condition (planned or as an emergency) and comorbidity profile. Overall, 18% patients had nonfunctional AV access at hemodialysis initiation. In the group with planned dialysis start, female gend

SUBMITTER: Alencar de Pinho N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5531527 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature