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CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 7, Pages 1213-1219Publisher
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01690213
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During the past decade, clear trends in the types of incident and prevalent hemodialysis vascular access can be observed. There has been a steady increase and recent stabilizaton of patients initiating hemodialysis with a central venous catheter, representing approximately 80% of all incident accesses. There has also been a steady increase in prevalent fistula use, currently greater than 50% within 4 months of hemodialysis initiation. Patient and vascular access related morbidity and mortality are reflected in the type of vascular access used at initiation and for long-term maintenance dialysis. There is a three- to fourfold increase in risk of infectious complications in patients initiating dialysis with a catheter compared with either a fistula or graft and a sevenfold higher risk when the catheter is used as a prevalent access. Procedure rates have increased two- to threefold for all types of access. There is a significant increased risk of mortality associated with catheter use, especially within the first year of dialysis initiation.
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