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Literature Review
• Chan et al did a retrospective analysis
using the USRDS data base to explore
significant predictors of access failure in
the elderly
– They concluded that Elderly patients had no
significant mortality benefit from the use of an
AVF compared to an AVG.
– Elderly patients had no difference in odds for
intervention referral for AVF compared to AVG