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 ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an observational cohort study, researchers examined Medicare beneficiaries who recently started using an AV ...

Creation of an arteriovenous fistula could be beneficial for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Decline in estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) is slow after the surgery A new study ...

"AV Access failure is a significant issue for patients that interrupts lifesaving hemodialysis treatments, so physicians are always searching for new options to extend time between interventions", ...

Tonelli et al. 1 recently performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated surveillance of hemodialysis vascular accesses. It has long been ...

A growing number of patients in the United States undergo efficient hemodialysis through autogenous arteriovenous fistulas or prosthetic arteriovenous grafts. Unfortunately, these vascular conduits ...

Angiography is currently the best method for detection of stenotic lesions in patients with arteriovenous grafts or fistulas. Recent evidence indicates that physical examination can aid the detection ...

The odds of starting hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula are 31% lower for women compared with men. Despite the “fistula first” campaign, women, especially black women, are less likely than men ...