Native Arterio-Venous Fistula for Hemodialysis: What to Expect Early after Creation?
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Abstract
Abstract: Native arterio-venous fistulas (AVFs) are preferred for hemodialysis vascular access over synthetic grafts and long-term catheters. However, prevalence rates of native AVFs are variable around the world and have increased only slightly in United States since the DOQI guidelines. To increase rates of native AVFs, pre-operative vascular mapping by ultrasound has been found of major help for appropriate selection of the vessels. The minimal desirable lumen diameter of the artery should be > 2 mm and > 2.5 to 3 mm for the vein at the anatomosis. Early failure can be reduced to less than 10% when the feeding artery is > 2 mm, even in diabetics. If sizes of the vessels are smaller than those targets at the wrist, moving to the upper arm should be considered. The interval between creation and first cannulation varies from 2 weeks to 4 months. There might not be much advantage to wait for more than 4 weeks; however, in large dialysis units, observing a delay of 4 to 6 weeks may be worthwhile to avoid initial problems such as infiltrations and lacerations. Access flow monitoring is essential since it is a reliable predictor of vascular access dysfunction, reducing associated morbidity and costs. Early monitoring of recently created native AVFs has shown that the increase in intra-access blood flow occurs very soon after construction and becomes maximal after a few weeks. A recent prospective study involving all new native AVFs monitored by ultrasound-dilution between weeks 6 and 10 after creation, and every 3 to 6 weeks over 4 months, showed no statistically significant difference in access blood flow between the initial and final measurements (respective values of 1132 +/- 681 and 1097 +/- 644 ml/min). Access flow was higher in males, and in brachio-cephalic compared to radio-cephalic AVFs. Over the long-term, AVFs are associated with longer patency and lower complication rates, and efforts should be directed at further increasing their prevalence.
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| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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