The Prognostic Significance of Puncture Timing to Survival of Arteriovenous Fistulas in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: A functional shunt is critical to hemodialysis, but the ideal timing of shunt cannulation is still not established. In this study, we assessed the association between ideal puncture timing and shunt survival. (2) Methods: This retrospective cohort study using data from the Taiwan Health and Welfare database, which included 26885 hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistulas from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2012. Fistulas were categorized by functional maturation time, defined as the time from the date of shunt construction to the first successful cannulation. Functional cumulative survival, measured as the duration from the first puncture to shunt abandonment, was mainly regarded. (3) Results: The fistulas created between 91 and 180 days prior to the first cannulation had si

SUBMITTER: Lin SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406680 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature