The impact of multidisciplinary vascular access team creation in incident dialysis patients: A retrospective case-control study
In our center, the MDT creation was associated with a significantly increased number of matured AVFs at HD initiation and after 12 months of HD. Twenty-four-month patient mortality was lower post-MDT creation.
Authors
- Miguel Relvas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-1610)
- Luís Coentrão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-5073)
- Juliano Silva Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8729-2995)
- Manuel Pestana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1482-2024)
- Joana Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-4881)
- Hugo Diniz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-1338)
- Rafael Henriques de Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-6197)
- Armando Mansilha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-0476)
Institutions
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Hospital de São João (PT)
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Vascular Access
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/11297298251344069
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52