Vascular Access Surgery Timing
Only 32% of elderly ESKD patients started hemodialysis with a functional AVF created on time (within the six-month window), while 42% had early and 26% late creation. Clinical prediction tools are needed to optimize vascular access timing.
Authors
- Nicholas C Chesnaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4883-9174)
- Geert Willem H. Schurink
- Mickaël Hiligsmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4274-9258)
- Antonio Vilasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9393-2418)
- Joris I. Rotmans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9682-6234)
- Friedo W. Dekker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2433-2494)
- Marie Evans
- the EQUAL study investigators
- Boudewijn D.C. Heggen
- Kitty J. Jager
- Merel van Diepen
- Maria Pippias
- Claudia Torino
- Fergus J. Caskey
- Maciej Szymczak
- Christiane Drechsler
- Maarten G.J. Snoeijs
- Christoph Wanner
Institutions
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Wroclaw Medical University (PL)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney360
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.34067/kid.0000001180
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00