ArticleClinical kidney journal2016
Investigating clinical predictors of arteriovenous fistula functional patency in a European cohort.
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- Systematic review of risk prediction models for arteriovenous fistula dysfunction in maintenance hemodialysis patients.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- Acute Effect of Two Different Hand Exercises on Vessel Size in Patients Undergoing Arteriovenous Fistula Creation.Annals of vascular diseases · 2025Article
- Similar outcomes of arteriovenous fistulae created under general or regional anesthesia.The journal of vascular access · 2025Article
- Prediction of Vascular Access Stenosis by Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network Using Blood Flow Sound Signals.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A decade of arteriovenous fistula creations in the ⩾75 years population: Equal opportunity or sub-optimal use of resources.The journal of vascular access · 2024Article
- Risk factors for arteriovenous fistula dysfunction in hemodialysis patients: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Difficult cannulation of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula - Role of imaging in access management (DICAF STUDY).The journal of vascular access · 2022Observational
- New Frontiers in Vascular Access Practice: From Standardized to Patient-tailored Care and Shared Decision Making.Kidney360 · 2021Review
- Comparison of pharmacomechanical and surgical interventions for thrombosed native arteriovenous fistulas.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2020Article
- TGFβ (Transforming Growth Factor-Beta)-Activated Kinase 1 Regulates Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2020Article
- Development and validation of a clinical score to predict 1-year survival of arteriovenous fistula access: a diagnostic study.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2020Article
- Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Failure in a Large Cohort of Hemodialysis Patients in the Netherlands.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
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- Histopathology of Veins Obtained at Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Surgery.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2017Article
- Clinical use of computational modeling for surgical planning of arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundArteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure to mature (FTM) rates contribute to excessive dependence on central venous catheters for haemodialysis. Choosing the most appropriate vascular access site for an individual patient is guided largely by their age, co-morbidities and clinical examination. We investigated the clinical predictors of AVF FTM in a European cohort of patients and applied an existing clinical risk prediction model for AVF FTM to this population.
methodsA prospective cohort study was designed that included all patients undergoing AVF creation between January 2009 and December 2014 in a single centre (Belfast City Hospital) who had a functional AVF outcome observed by March 2015.
resultsA total of 525 patients had a functional AVF outcome recorded and were included in the FTM analysis. In this cohort, 309 (59%) patients achieved functional AVF patency and 216 (41%) patients had FTM. Female gender [P < 0.001, odds ratio (OR) 2.03 (CI 1.37-3.02)] and lower-arm AVF [P < 0.001, OR 4.07 (CI 2.77-5.92)] were associated with AVF FTM. The Lok model did not predict FTM outcomes based on the associated risk stratification in our population.
conclusionsIn this European study, female gender was associated with twice the risk of AVF FTM and a lower-arm AVF with four times the risk of FTM. The FTM risk prediction model was not found to be discriminative in this population. Clinical risk factors for AVF FTM vary between populations; we would recommend that units investigate their own clinical predictors of FTM to maximize AVF functional patency and ultimately survival in dialysis patients. Clinical predictors of AVF FTM may not be sufficient on their own to improve vascular access functional patency rates.
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