Immediate Maintained Cannulation of a Newly Implanted Prosthetic Arteriovenous Access for Acute Hemodialysis

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: End-Stage Renal Disease; Prosthetic Arteriovenous Access

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00711750

FEMH-96042

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: Examine the acute utility of immediate maintained cannulations of a newly implanted prosthetic arteriovenous access. Background: Recurrent failure of central catheterization is not uncommon. An alternative access is necessary for acute hemodialysis after the exhaustion of central veins. Methods: We constructed the access by cannulating two dialysis needle-catheters and securing them on the skin after the implantation of the graft. The access was used immediately and maintained for one week and thereafter used as a long-term access.

Enrollment: 39 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• end-stage renal disease underwent the specific prosthetic arteriovenous access creation in our hospital from November 2003 to October 2005

Exclusion criteria

• patients' poor health as long as they did not have other options and needed an access for acute hemodialysis. Exclusions included shock, active systemic infection, and rejection by the attending nephrologists