Risk of Vascular Access Infection Associated With Buttonhole Cannulation of Fistulas: Data From the National Healthcare Safety Network.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Compared with conventional (rope-ladder cannulation [RLC]) methods, use of buttonhole cannulation (BHC) to access arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) may be associated with increased risk for bloodstream infection and other vascular access-related infection. We used national surveillance data to evaluate the infection burden and risk among in-center hemodialysis patients with AVFs using BHC.

Study design

Descriptive analysis of infections and related events and retrospective observational cohort study using National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance data.

Setting & participants

US patients receiving hemodialysis treated in outpatient dialysis centers.

Predictors

AVF cannulation methods, dialysis facility characteristics, and infectio

SUBMITTER: Lyman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9194871 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature