Arterio-Venous Fistula Audit. Successful Utilisation Rates of Arterio-Venous Fistulae for Haemodialysis at University Hospital Limerick

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05801549

Enrollment

Registered

2023-04-06

Start date

2022-09-13

Completion date

2023-01-10

Last updated

2023-04-06

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Conditions

Arterio-venous Fistula

Brief summary

We wish to examine Arterio-Venous Fistula (AVF) and Arterio-Venous Graft (AVG) utilisation rates for Haemodialysis at University Hospital Limerick. We want to determine out of the AVF's that are surgically created, how many go on to be used as anticipated for haemodialysis treatments successfully.

Detailed description

There are over 2 million end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who require renal replacement therapy worldwide, and this is estimated to rise to over 5 million by 2030 (Liyanage et al. 2015). Haemodialysis, used by the majority of ESRD patients, requires vascular access, where blood can be taken out of the body (via cannulation) and pumped through an external dialysis machine, which filters the blood of waste and excess fluid before being returned. Arterio-venous fistula creation is the preferred vascular access for haemodialysis, but has a large failure rate in the maturation period (Colley et al. 2022). Failure is usually attributed to insufficient dilation of the vessel and/or stenosis, which results in inadequate blood flow rates for the purpose of haemodialysis (Dixon, 2006). The purpose of this audit is to examine over a three year period how many of the individuals who had an AVF created are utilising it successfully for the purpose of haemodialysis as planned.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who had an AVF or AVG surgically created over the last three years at UHL who are undergoing haemodialysis treatments are suitable for inclusion. * Dates for audit purposes are 1st April 2019 to 1st April 2022.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients outside of these set dates will be excluded. * Patients who are not currently undergoing haemodialysis treatments are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of AVF's created	3 years	We will determine how many were created surgically during the time frame.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
AVF's in use for the purpose of Haemodialysis	3 years	We will dtermine how many are in use for haemodialysis as planned.

Countries

Ireland

Outcome results