Autologous arteriovenous access is the key to long-term success with hemodialysis and is strongly supported by the National Kidney Foundation's Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines.
The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines encourage more-frequent use of primary arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) in hemodialysis patients, because this ...
As baseline levels of IL-6 prior to hemodialysis AVF creation increase, so does the risk for AVF failure. Elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) prior to surgery to create an arteriovenous ...
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. announced the publication of the 6-month results from the randomized arm of the WAVE trial of arterio ...
Accidental venous needle dislodgement from the arteriovenous fistula or graft can lead to serious and even fatal bleeding in hemodialysis patients. Dislodgement is not detected by the venous ...