Needs assessment: towards a more responsive Canadian Society of Nephrology Annual General Meeting (CSN AGM) program

Table 4 Unperceived needs assessment for the 2016 CSN AGM—achievement rates for various guidelines targets

Parameter	Centers submitting data	Centers with an acceptable guideline target achievement rate	Percentage of centers with an acceptable guideline target achievement rate
1. HD access
AVF rate	76	23	30.2
Catheter rate	76	6	7.9
Total access rate	152	29	19.1
2. Access monitoring
AVF—Qa	76	46	60.5
AVF—Recirc	76	24	31.6
AVF—NM	76	49	64.5
AVG—Qa	57	40	70.2
AVG—Recirc	57	19	33.3
AVG—NM	57	46	80.1
Total monitoring	399	224	56.1
3. Adequacy
HD	75	36	48.0
PD	38	36	94.7
Total adequacy	113	72	63.7
4. Anemia
[Hgb]—HD	76	56	73.7
Tsat—HD	76	70	92.1
[ferritin]—HD	74	55	74.3
[Hgb]—PD	51	22	43.1
Tsat—PD	50	48	96.0
[ferritin]—PD	50	46	92.0
Total anemia	377	297	78.8
5. MM
[Ca]—HD	76	69	90.8
[PO4]—HD	76	19	25.0
[PTH]—HD	76	0	0.0
0 in target—HD	76	55	72.4
[Ca]—PD	51	41	80.4
[PO4]—PD	51	29	56.9
[PTH]—PD	50	1	2.0
0 in target—PD	50	39	78.0
Total MM	506	253	50.0
6. DM
HgbA1c—HD	75	66	88.0
HgbA1c—PD	51	31	60.8
Total DM	126	97	77.0

Abbreviations: HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis, AVF arteriovenous fistula, AVG arteriovenous graft, Qa access flow technique, Recirc recirculation measurement, NM not monitored, [Hgb] predialysis hemoglobin concentration, Tsat transferrin saturation, MM mineral metabolism, [Ca] predialyis corrected calcium concentration, [PO4] predialysis phosphate concentration, [PTH] parathormone concentration, 0 in target number of centers with zero mineral metabolism parameters within the target range, DM diabetes mellitus

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