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Catheters
• Perl demonstrated in a large Canadian
study that Mortality was 80% higher for
patients starting dialysis with a TDC/AVF
or AVG than those patients starting
dialysis with either PD or just AVF
• Use of the TDC in HD patients largely
accounted for lower survival than those
patients who started with AVF or PD