Increased risk of mortality, infection, cardiovascular events with catheter versus fistula, graft For patients undergoing hemodialysis, the use of catheters for vascular access is associated with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Revisions to guidelines for vascular access placement in the patient with ESKD – the first in 10 years ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A retrospective study conducted in Belgium found neither catheter nor arteriovenous access was associated with ...

Planning for renal replacement therapy and dialysis vascular access requires evaluation of comorbidities and quality of life Selection of the ideal vascular access for an elderly patient requires ...

Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access. Higher ...

Patients undergoing kidney dialysis with central venous catheters (CVCs) continue to have higher rates of bloodstream infections than those with other vascular access types, according to a new study.

St. Joseph's Healthcare System, located in Paterson, is drastically improving patient experiences with its first-of-its-kind sterile ultrasound-guided Vascular Access Program, which increases the ...

Phoenix, AZ - Dedicated outpatient vascular access clinics (VACs) have the potential to significantly decrease hospitalization rates among dialysis patients and create major health savings, a new ...