Association between anaesthesia type and arteriovenous fistula maturation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whereas general anaesthesia is commonly used for haemodialysis fistula creation, regional or local anaesthesia has been posited to lead to better fistula maturation outcomes. We sought to measure the association between anaesthesia type and arteriovenous fistula maturation.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of data from the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation study, a multicentre prospective cohort study of advanced chronic kidney disease patients who underwent single-stage upper extremity fistula creation between 2010 and 2013. We evaluated the relationship between anaesthesia type and unassisted (without maturation-facilitating interventions) or overall (unassisted or assisted) fistula maturation using multivariable logistic regression.

Results

Among

SUBMITTER: Ramadan OI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9581339 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature