TY - JOUR
AU - Shah, Kamal D
AB - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 30 (Supplement 3): iii28–iii29, 2015 doi:10.1093/ndt/gfv147.1 duration of time on a temporary catheter was noted. Incidents of access failures VASCULAR ACCESS AND PERITONEAL were recorded. Results: Of the 1688 patients, 69% were males. The mean age of the study DIALYSIS population was 52.24 ± 14.1 (range 15-82) years. The commonest causes of end stage kidney disease were hypertensive nephrosclerosis (46%), followed by diabetic nephropathy (35%). The rest (19%) had ESRD due to other causes. The patients SaO009 VASCULAR ACCESS IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS: were monitored over 14,844 patient months and the duration on dialysis was OBSERVATIONS FROM A NATIONAL DIALYSIS 15.44 + 18.5 (range 1-24) months. COHORT IN INDIA Of these 1688 patients, 1328 had been initiated on dialysis elsewhere before joining a NephroPlus center while 360 patients were initiated on dialysis at a NephroPlus 1,2 1 1 Vivekanand Jha , Rajasekara Chakravarthi and Kamal D Shah centre. Of those that were already on dialysis when they joined NephroPlus, 63% 1 2 had a functioning AVF. Among those who were initiated into dialysis at NephroPlus Dialysis Network, Dialysis, Hyderabad, India, The George Institute NephroPlus, 58% had a functional AVF. The prevalence of AVF rose to 86% in 
TI - SaO009VASCULAR ACCESS IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS: OBSERVATIONS FROM A NATIONAL DIALYSIS COHORT IN INDIA
JF - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
DO - 10.1093/ndt/gfv147.01
DA - 2015-05-21
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/sao009vascular-access-in-dialysis-patients-observations-from-a-eivya1mAS4
SP - iii28
EP - iii28
VL - 30
IS - suppl_3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -