early-dialysis-av-fistula-graft-surgery In the first few months of hemodialysis, one additional provider visit per month increased the probability of AV fistula or graft surgery by nearly 5%. When ...

More information: Bart L. Dolmatch et al, A Society of Interventional Radiology Practice Guidance Document on Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistulas for Dialysis Access, Journal of Vascular and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Placement of an arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published findings indicated that while patients 77 years or older had lower likelihoods of arteriovenous ...

DENVER—Artery size is the only predictor of both primary and secondary patency in arteriovenous fistula (AVF) placement in hemodialysis (HD) patients, researchers reported at Renal Week 2010. The ...

During the 9-year study period from November 1992 to October 2001, 1,601 initial hemodialysis accesses were placed, consisting of 741 prosthetic grafts (46.3%), 690 simple AVF (43.1%), and 170 basilic ...

A two-day conference on controversies in Dialysis Access Asia-Pacific (CiDAAP) began at the Hyatt Regency in Gurgaon. Debates, discussions and a competitive challenge among interventional radiologists ...

—Early nephrology referral and attention to the trajectory of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) could help clinicians and their patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) achieve better ...

New data suggest that arteriovenous fistulas compared with prosthetic grafts may not be a superior predialysis approach to vascular access for haemodialysis in patients aged ≥80 years. However, the ...

Patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) who are progressing from stage 4 chronic disease to stage 5, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), typically need dialysis when they reach stage 5. When ...

Despite all the progress achieved since Scribner first introduced the arteriovenous (AV) shunt in 1960 and Cimino and Brescia introduced the native AV fistula in 1962, we have continued to face a ...