Evaluation of clinical follow-up of patients with A-V fistula

Material and Method: The sampling of the study consists of the patients, on whom A-V fistula was opened before kidney transplantation and continue working in the postoperative period in Istanbul Şişli FNH. Total 100 patients (of which 71 patients (72,4%) are married, 27 single (27,6%) and 2 patients whose marital status are not known) and who had received kidney transplant, participated in the study. The participants vary between age of 22-65. The SPSS.21 package program is used for the data analysis. The frequency and definitive statistics methods were used for the socio-demographic data study. The Chi-Square Homogeneity Analysis is used to determine the differences in intra-categorical variables; and the Chi-Square Independence Analysis for the differences between the categorical variables. Findings: Patients were analyzed according to the problems their experiencing according to the problems about the fistulas opened in the patients. Since the female patients pay attention to their appearance, they would like to have it removed. It is observed that the lower the age and education, the fistula influence becomes greater. It was also observed that the individuals with fistula on their left arms have more cardiac problems as well as hypertension and tachycardia. No statistically significant difference is seen for the fistula removal based on the BUN and CREATINE values. The patients prefer to have fistulas were on their left arms. Results: The findings were examined with 95% confidence interval and at p=0,05 significance level. Keywords: Dialysis, Hemodialysis, Fistula, Kidney Transplant, patient