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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-7203</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta médica Grupo Ángeles]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-7203</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Grupo Ángeles, Servicios de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-72032018000400310</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sobrevida funcional de las fístulas arteriovenosas comparada con los catéteres tunelizados en pacientes en hemodiálisis crónica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Functional survival of arteriovenous fistulas compared to tunneled catheters in patients on chronic hemodialysis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cajuste Sequeira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fritz]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez Basurto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Corpus]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gerardo Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peña Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramos Gordillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús Manolo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad La Salle Facultad Mexicana de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Diagnóstico Ángeles Unidad de Hemodiálisis Polanco ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>310</fpage>
<lpage>315</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400310&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400310&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400310&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  Las fístulas arteriovenosas (FAVIs) son el mejor tipo de acceso vascular para pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) que inician tratamiento sustitutivo. Sin embargo, se ha planteado el uso de catéteres tunelizados con buenos resultados para pacientes no candidatos a FAVI.  Objetivo:  Determinar y comparar la sobrevida funcional de las fístulas arteriovenosas y los catéteres tunelizados en hemodiálisis crónica.  Material y métodos:  Estudio retrospectivo de una base de datos de pacientes con accesos vasculares permanentes para analizar y comparar los resultados de pacientes que iniciaron diálisis con FAVI (grupo A) y catéter tunelizados (grupo B) en el periodo de junio 2014 a noviembre 2015 con seguimiento hasta el 31 de diciembre del 2016.  Resultados: Se incluyeron 692 pacientes, a 143 se les construyó FAVIs y a 549 se colocaron catéteres tunelizados. Ambos grupos fueron pareados con la metodología de análisis de propensión de coincidencia (APC) formando un grupo A (n = 99) y grupo B (n = 99). La sobrevida funcional de las FAVIs fue de 94% versus 81% de los catéteres tunelizados en el primer año y de 90% versus 77% al final del segundo año (Log Rank = 0.002).  Conclusión:  La sobrevida funcional de las fístulas arteriovenosas fue superior en comparación a los catéteres tunelizados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  Arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) are the best type of vascular access for patients with chronic renal disease (CKD) that starts the replacement therapy. However, the use of tunneled catheters with good results has been considered for patients on hemodialysis who are not candidates for the construction of AVF.  Objective:  To determine the functional survival of arteriovenous fistulas compared with tunneled catheters in chronic hemodialysis (HD).  Material and methods:  A retrospective study of a database of patients with permanent vascular access to analyze and compare the results of patients who started with AVF (group A) and tunneled catheters (group B) from June 2014 to November 2015 with follow-up through December 31, 2016.  Results:  A total of 692 patients were included, 143 AVF were constructed, and 549 were tunneled catheters. The groups were matched with the Propensity score matching (PSM) methodology forming a group A (n = 99) and group B (n = 99). The functional survival of AVF was 94% compared to 81% of the catheters tunneled in the first year and 90% compared to 77% at the end of the second year (Log Rank = 0.002).  Conclusion:  Functional survivals of arteriovenous fistulas were superior in comparison with tunneled catheters.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sobrevida de fístulas arteriovenosas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[catéter tunelizado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hemodiálisis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arteriovenous survival fistulas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tunneled catheter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hemodialysis]]></kwd>
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