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Table 4 Rates of vascular access placement and transplant evaluation

From: Development of an electronic health record-based chronic kidney disease registry to promote population health management

N (%)

CKD Stage

4 (n = 5579)

5 (n = 1295)

5D (n = 2740)

Placement of AVF or AVGa

158 (2.8)

290 (22.4)

1700 (62.0)

Transplant Statusb

 None

5095 (91.3)

819 (63.2)

1290 (47.1)

 Referral

74 (1.3)

73 (5.6)

239 (8.7)

 Evaluation

92 (1.7)

136 (10.5)

437 (16.0)

 Waitlist

161 (2.9)

227 (17.5)

590 (21.5)

 Transplanted

157 (2.8)

40 (3.1)

184 (6.7)

  1. Abbreviations: AVF Arteriovenous fistula, AVG Arteriovenous graft
  2. Definitions:
  3. None- patient has not been referred for transplant
  4. Transplanted- indicates that the patient has previously undergone renal transplant and is categorized into a CKD stage based on current, post-transplant eGFR
  5. aDetermined by presence of a CPT code, ICD-10 or dialysis access documentation field within EHR for AVF and/or AVG
  6. bDetermined by presence of “transplant status” field within EHR