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제목	Central Venous Catheter as Permanent Vascular Access Should Be Avoided Even in the Oldest-Old Population Undergoing Dialysis: A Nationwide Cohort Study
저자	Jooun Park
출판정보	2026; 2026(1):
키워드	Central Venous Catheter, Arteriovenous Access, Permanent Vascular Access, Octogenarians, Nonagenarians
초록	Objectives: The prevalence of end-stage kidney disease is rising, particularly among the elderly. Owing to aging-related factors, arteriovenous (AV) access is difficult to establish in older patients; central venous catheter (CVC) access is used instead. Nevertheless, evidence on long-term outcomes of permanent vascular access types in the oldest-old adults (>80 years) is lacking. We aimed to compare mortality by vascular access type in older Korean patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: This nationwide retrospective cohort study included 79,286 adult patients (≥18 years) who initiated maintenance hemodialysis between 2012 and 2021, identified from the Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) database. Patients were categorized as follows by permanent vascular access type: AV fistula (AVF), AV graft (AVG), or CVC. The primary outcome evaluated was all-cause mortality. Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess mortality across vascular access types. Analyses were stratified by age group: <65, 65–69, 70–79, 80–89, and ≥90 years. Results: CVC access was associated with the highest mortality. Compared with AVF, CVC was associated with more than a threefold increased mortality risk (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 3.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.43–3.65). Though attenuated, risk remained significantly elevated in octogenarians and nonagenarians (aHR 3.30 [95% CI, 3.14–3.47] and 3.18 [95% CI, 2.65–3.82], respectively). Compared with AVG, the risk remained elevated across age groups; however, the survival benefit of AVG over CVC was less pronounced than that of AVF. Conclusion: CVC use as permanent access was associated with increased mortality, even among the oldest-old adults. AV access should remain the preferred option regardless of age, and CVC access should be reserved for patients with severely limited life expectancy.
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