A prospective cohort study of predictors of upper extremity arteriovenous fistula maturation.

CONCLUSION: Smaller artery diameter most strongly predicted FUSH failure. Early postoperative nursing assessment was more useful to predict FUSH than FUSH failure, and as such was insufficient in determining which arteriovenous fistulas should be abandoned as many predicted to fail could be salvaged with further intervention. PMID: 32340534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Vascular Access - Category: Surgery Tags: J Vasc Access Source Type: research