WCN26-2407 INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE PATTERNS AND OUTCOMES OF PREEMPTIVE ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA CREATION: RESULTS FROM THE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OUTCOMES AND PRACTICE PATTERNS STUDY (CKDopps)

Current knowledge about how preemptive arteriovenous (AV) fistula creation has been implemented is mostly based on information obtained retrospectively from patients who have initiated hemodialysis (HD). There is also a lack of evidence on patient outcomes following AV access creation, especially HD competing risks (e.g., death prior to HD initiation). Our study’s aims were to describe international variations in practice patterns of preemptive AV fistula creation, and to assess patient outcomes following this creation.