Table 2.

Vascular access interventions

Characteristic	All (n = 39)	AVF-first (n = 21)	AVG-first (n = 18)
Time to index AV access surgery*, days	7.0 (2.0, 26.0)	5.0 (1.0, 14.0)	13.0 (5.0, 44.3)
AV access location
Left forearm	32 (82.1)	12 (57.1)	10 (55.6)
Left arm	10 (25.6)	6 (28.6)	4 (22.2)
Right forearm	3 (7.7)	1 (4.8)	2 (11.1)
Right arm	4 (10.3)	2 (9.5)	2 (11.1)
Patients with rescheduled AV access surgery	9 (23.1)	4 (19.0)	5 (27.8)

Data are reported as median (1st, 3rd quartile) or number of patients (percentage)

AV arteriovenous; AVF arteriovenous fistula; AVG arteriovenous graft; HD hemodialysis

^*Time to placement of index AV access was calculated from the date of vascular surgery referral to date of surgical intervention