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ArticleJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2017

The Clinical and Economic Effect of Vascular Access Selection in Patients Initiating Hemodialysis with a Catheter.

Alian Al-Balas, Timmy Lee, Carlton J Young, Jeffrey A Kepes, Jill Barker-Finkel, Michael Allon

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03245944 (Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Intervention in Non-maturing Dialysis Fistulas), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03245944 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Intervention in Non-maturing Dialysis Fistulas

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamRan2018 to 2020Enrolled8ConditionsImmature Arteriovenous FistulaArmsearly Angioplasty, late Angioplasty
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. More than a Last Resort: The Role of Tunneled Catheters in Hemodialysis.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026
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  5. Optimizing Dialysis Vascular Access: Moving beyond Fistula First.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026
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  9. Cost-Effective Day Surgery for Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis: A Viable Model for Hemodialysis Patients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  11. A Requiem for Fistula First.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alian Al-BalasDivisions of Nephrology and.
Timmy LeeDivisions of Nephrology and.
Carlton J YoungTransplant Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and.
Jeffrey A KepesDivisions of Nephrology and.
Jill Barker-FinkelDivisions of Nephrology and.
Michael AllonDivisions of Nephrology and mdallon@uab.edu.
Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)UL1TR001417 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KIMBERLY, ROBERT P. · 2015 to 2018
$31.4M
University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Kirk Michael Habegger · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
TRAINING IN CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY MEMBRANE TRANSPORTT32DK007545 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GUTIERREZ, ORLANDO M · 1987 to 2023
$4.5M
Vascular abnormalities in patients receiving a dialysis access.R01DK085027 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ALLON, MICHAEL · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001417NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK085027NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients in the United States frequently initiate hemodialysis with a central venous catheter (CVC) and subsequently undergo placement of a new arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or arteriovenous graft (AVG). Little is known about the clinical and economic effects of initial vascular access choice. We identified 479 patients starting hemodialysis with a CVC at a large medical center (during 2004-2012) who subsequently had an AVF (

Indexed as

AdultAgedArteriovenous FistulaArteriovenous Shunt, SurgicalBlood VesselsCatheterization, Central VenousCatheters, IndwellingComorbidityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Care CostsHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedRenal Dialysisarteriovenous accessarteriovenous fistulaarteriovenous graft

Identifiers

PMID28710090
PMCPMC5698057
OpenAlexW2735847656

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