Vascular access for haemodialysis is key in renal patients both due to its associated
morbidity and mortality and due to its impact on quality of life. The process, from the creation …

Optimizing vascular access outcomes remains an ongoing challenge for clinical
nephrologists. All other things being equal, fistulas are preferred over grafts, and grafts are …

Abstract The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
(KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for hemodialysis vascular access since …

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Arteriovenous Access Failure, Stenosis, and Thrombosis - Jennifer M. MacRae, Christine
Dipchand, Matthew Oliver, Louise Moist, Charmaine Lok, Edward Clark, Swapnil Hiremath …

Background and objectives: An upper arm vascular access is often placed in patients with a
failed forearm fistula or with vessels unsuitable for a forearm fistula. The aim of this study …

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the natural history of high-grade (> 50%) asymptomatic
central venous stenosis (CVS) in hemodialysis patients and the outcome of serial treatment …

Objective Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are considered superior to arteriovenous grafts
(AVGs) because of longer secondary patency after successful cannulation for dialysis. We …

Arteriovenous graft thrombosis is a frequent event in hemodialysis patients, and usually
occurs in grafts with significant underlying stenosis. Regular surveillance for graft stenosis …

Physical therapy (physiotherapy), a complementary and alternative medicine therapy, has
been widely applied in diagnosing and treating various diseases and defects. Increasing …