Racial and sex disparities in catheter use and dialysis access in the United States Medicare population

S Arya, TA Melanson, EL George… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background Despite efforts to increase arteriovenous fistula and graft use, 80% of patients in
the United States start hemodialysis on a central venous catheter (CVC). Methods To better
understand in incident hemodialysis patients how sex and race/ethnicity are associated with
time on a central venous catheter and transition to an arteriovenous fistula and graft, our
observational cohort study analyzed US Renal Data System data for patients with incident
ESKD aged≥ 66 years who started hemodialysis on a CVC in July 2010 through 2013 …
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