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Background: Tunneled dialysis catheters (TDCs) are a temporary bridge until definitive arteriovenous (AV) access is established. Our objective was to evaluate the time to TDC removal in patients who underwent AV access creations with TDCs already in place.
Methods: A single-center analysis of all AV access creations in patients with TDCs was performed (2014-2020). Primary outcome was time to TDC removal after access creation.
Results: There were 364 AV access creations with TDCs in place. The average age was 58 years, 44% of patients were female, and 64% were Black. The median time to TDC removal was 113 days (range, 22-931 days) with 71.4% having a TDC >90 days after access creation. Patients with TDC >90 days were often older (60 vs. 54.7), had hypertension (98.1% vs. 93.3%), were diabetic (65.4% vs. 47.1%), and had longer average time to maturation (107.1 vs. 55.4 days, P < 0.001) and first access (114 vs. 59.4 days, P < 0.001). Multivariable analysis showed that older age was associated with prolonged TDC placement (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.05, P = 0.005) and prosthetic graft use was associated with shorter TDC indwelling time (OR 0.09, 95% CI 0.04-0.23, P ≤ 0.001). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that 87% of TDCs were removed at 1 year.
Conclusions: The majority of patients with TDCs who underwent AV access creation had prolonged TDC placement. Prosthetic graft use was associated with shorter catheter times. Close follow-up after access placement, improving maturation times, and access type selection should be considered to shortened TDC times.
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