Table 2.
Fistula maturation studies
| Name | Cases | AVF Type | Time (wk) | iAVD (mm) | Qa (ml/min) | Metric Used | Accuracy (%) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wong (8)a | 46 | R-C | 4 | 5.4 | 722 | 83 | – | – | – | – | |
| Lin (9) | 74 (age>65) | R-C | 2 | 3.8 | 634 | 86 | – | – | – | – | |
| 102 (age<65) | R-C | 2 | 3.6 | 750 | 90 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Malovhr (11)a | 102 | R-C | 3 | – | 420 | 93 | – | – | – | – | |
| Robbin (10)a | 69 | R-C (48) | 4 | 4.0 | 500 | Qa | 75 | 75 | 75 | – | – |
| U-A (21) | iAVD | 72 | 75 | 75 | – | – | |||||
| Both | – | – | – | – | 95 | ||||||
| Neither | – | – | – | – | 67 | ||||||
| Only Qa | – | – | – | 70 | – | ||||||
| Only iAVD | – | – | – | 67 | – | ||||||
| Back (13) | 87 | R-C (34) | 5–8 | – | 500b | 67 | 38 | 90 | 75 | 64 | |
| B-C (33) | 800b | 77 | 69 | 83 | 77 | 77 | |||||
| B-B (20) | |||||||||||
| Ives (12) | 113 | R-C (34) | <8 (73%) | –c | 400b | 53 | 89 | 87 | – | – | |
| B-C (79) | 600b | 77 | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Ferring (3) | 119 | R-C (46) | 4 | 5.0 | 550 | Qa | – | 67 | 65 | 87 | 37 |
| U-A (73) | iAVD | – | 83 | 68 | 90 | 53 | |||||
| Zhu (14) | 132 | R-C | 4 | 5.2 | 529 | Qa | – | 96 | 82 | – | – |
| iAVD | – | 71 | 80 | – | – | ||||||
| Both | – | 84 | 93 | – | – |
AVF, arteriovenous fistula; iAVD, access venous internal diameter; Qa, access blood flow; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; R-C, radial-cephalic fistula; U-A, upper arm; B-C, brachial-cephalic; B-B, brachial-basilic.
a
Some information obtained from graphic data.
b
Values are for total group.
c
iAVD difference between successful and unsuccessful AVFs was not statistically significant.