Chapter 2. Surgical and endovascular interventions for promoting arteriovenous fistula maturation 2.1. We suggest using regional block anaesthesia rather than local anaesthesia for arteriovenous fistula creation in adults with end-stage kidney disease. (2C) 2.2. We suggest there is insufficient evidence to support endof-vein to side-of-artery over side-of-vein to side-ofartery anastomosis for arteriovenous fistula creation in adults with end-stage kidney disease (2C) peri-and postoperative care of AV fistulas and grafts ii3
BackgroundMany decisions around vascular access for haemodialysis warrant a collaborative treatment decision-making process, involving both clinician and patient. Yet, patients’ experiences in this regard have been suboptimal. Although clinical practice guidelines could facilitate collaborative decision making, they often focus on the clinicians’ side of the process, while failing to address the patients’ perspective. The objective of this study was to explore and compare kidney patients’ and clinicians’ views on what vascular access-related decisions deserved priority for developing guidelines that will contribute to optimizing collaborative decision making.MethodsIn the context of updating their vascular access guideline, European Renal Best Practice surveyed an international panel of 85 kidney patients, 687 nephrologists, 194 nurses, and 140 surgeons/radiologists. In an electronic questionnaire, respondents rated 42 vascular access-related topics on a 5-point Likert scale. Based on mean standardized ratings, we compared priority ratings between patients and each clinician group.ResultsSelection of access type and site, as well as prevention of access infections received top priority across all respondent groups. Patients generally assigned higher priority to decisions regarding managing adverse effects of arteriovenous access and patient involvement in care, while clinicians more often prioritized decisions around sustaining patients’ access options, technical aspects of access creation, and optimizing fistula maturation and patency.ConclusionApart from identifying the most pressing knowledge gaps, our study provides pointers for developing guidelines that may improve healthcare professionals’ understanding of when to involve patients along the vascular access pathway.
background: Vascular access problems are one of the main concerns in the diabetic end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) population. However, the optimal strategy for the establishement of vascular access in this population remains to be solved. We performed a systematic review in order to clarify the most advisable approach of vascular access planning in diabetic patients with ESKD. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL databases were searched for Englishlanguage articles without time restriction through focused, high sensitive search strategies. We included all studies providing outcome data on diabetics starting chronic haemodialysis treatment on basis of the type of primary placed vascular access. Results: 13 studies in total comprising over 2800 participants with diabetes were reviewed and included in the review. We found that diabetic patients using a dialysis catheter apparently experience a higher risk of death and infection compared with patients who successfully achieved and maintained an arteriovenous fistula as dialysis access. Comparison between the use of a graft or an autogenous fistula as dialysis access generated conflicting results. Primary patency rates appeared to be lower in diabetics versus non-diabetics. Our study suggests that diabetic ESKD patients with dialysis catheters incur a higher risk of death in comparison to those who achieve an arteriovenous access. Conclusion: Our study suggests that diabetic ESKD patients with dialysis catheters incur a higher risk of death in comparison to those who achieve an arteriovenous access. It is however unclear whether this is caused by residual selection bias or by a true advantage of native vascular access
Chapter 2. Surgical and endovascular interventions for promoting arteriovenous fistula maturation 2.1. We suggest using regional block anaesthesia rather than local anaesthesia for arteriovenous fistula creation in adults with end-stage kidney disease. (2C) 2.2. We suggest there is insufficient evidence to support endof-vein to side-of-artery over side-of-vein to side-ofartery anastomosis for arteriovenous fistula creation in adults with end-stage kidney disease (2C)peri-and postoperative care of AV fistulas and grafts ii3
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