作者
M Hassan Murad, Mohamed B Elamin, Anton N Sidawy, German Malaga, Adnan Z Rizvi, David N Flynn, Edward T Casey, Finnian R McCausland, Martina M McGrath, Danny H Vo, Ziad El-Zoghby, Audra A Duncan, Michal J Tracz, Patricia J Erwin, Victor M Montori
发表日期
2008/11/1
来源
Journal of vascular surgery
卷号
48
期号
5
页码范围
S34-S47
出版商
Mosby
简介
OBJECTIVES
The autogenous arteriovenous access for chronic hemodialysis is recommended over the prosthetic access because of its longer lifespan. However, more than half of the United States dialysis patients receive a prosthetic access. We conducted a systematic review to summarize the best available evidence comparing the two accesses types in terms of patient-important outcomes.
METHODS
We searched electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL, Web of Science and SCOPUS) and included randomized controlled trials and controlled cohort studies. We pooled data for each outcome using a random effects model to estimate the relative risk (RR) and its associated 95% confidence interval (CI). We estimated inconsistency caused by true differences between studies using the I2 statistic.
RESULTS
Eighty-three studies, of which 80 were nonrandomized, were eligible for meta …
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