Fistula First Is Not Always the Best Strategy for the Elderly

Whether placing a fistula first is the superior predialysis approach among octogenarians is unknown. We analyzed data from a cohort of 115,425 incident hemodialysis patients ≥67 years old derived from the US Renal Data System with linked Medicare claims, which allowed us to identify the first predia...

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Main Authors: DeSilva, Ranil N., Patibandla, Bhanu K., Vin, Yael, Narra, Akshita, Chawla, Varun, Brown, Robert S., Goldfarb-Rumyantzev, Alexander S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Nephrology 2013
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Clinical Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23813216
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2012060632
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