Arteriovenous Vascular Access-Related Procedural Burden Among Incident Hemodialysis Patients in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

As the proportion of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) compared with arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) in the United States has increased, there has been a concurrent increase in interventions. We explored AVF and AVG maturation and maintenance procedural burden in the first year of hemodialysis.

Study design

Observational cohort study.

Setting & participants

Patients initiating hemodialysis from July 1, 2012, to December 31, 2014, and having a first-time AVF or AVG placement between dialysis initiation and 1 year (N = 73,027), identified using the US Renal Data System (USRDS).

Predictors

Patient characteristics.

Outcome

Successful AVF/AVG use and intervention procedure burden.

Analytical approach

For each group, we analyzed interventi

SUBMITTER: Woodside KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384666 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature