Investigating clinical predictors of arteriovenous fistula functional patency in a European cohort

Conclusions In 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.
Source: CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: DIALYSIS Source Type: research