1. CRF Dialysis Access

2. Dialysis in Saudi Arabia  There are 6700 patients on dialysis in Saudi Arabia  There is 130 haemodialysis centres in Saudi Arabia  The incidence of hepatitis B is 6.7%and 50% for HCV SCOT data Saudi J kid 2001 12 (3)

3.  There is only 335 patients on CAPD in Saudi Arabia (3%)  Only 35 patients are HCV +ve ( 10%)  285 are on CAPD (85%) 50 are on IPD (15%) SCOT data Saudi J kid 2001 12 (3)

4. Dialysis in the Kingdom  It had been estimated that the number of dialysis patients would exceed 10000 patients in the year 2010  Most centres are saturated and need to expand in order to accept new patients  There is a great need for CAPD in Saudi Arabia SCOT data Saudi J kid 2001 12 (3)

5. CRF  There are three types of access for dialysis  AV fistula  Graft  Central line