Validation of a Risk Equation Predicting Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula Primary Failure in Elderly.

CONCLUSIONS: When externally applied to a cohort of U.S. older hemodialysis patients, the Lok's risk equation exhibited poor discrimination and calibration accuracy. It is invalid to use it to predict AVF primary failure. A more complex model with strong predictors is expected to better serve clinical determination for AVF placement in this population.
PMID: 31822005 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - December 9, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Qian JZ, McAdams-DeMarco MA, Ng D, Lau B Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research