If you’re living with advanced kidney disease, preparing for dialysis can feel overwhelming. One crucial decision is how your blood will be accessed for treatment. While there are different options, ...

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 ...

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 . Improvement of the clinical practice guidelines for chronic hemodialysis patients has become a priority for CMS.

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 ...

In spite of the superiority of native arteriovenous fistulae over other types of vascular access, fistula placement in US patients undergoing hemodialysis lags behind that in European patients. Two ...

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 ...

First things first, what is dialysis? Dialysis is a treatment that replicates kidney functions when they fail or are unable to function properly. Most of us know that the role of kidneys is to detox ...

Overlook Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, has unveiled the WavelinQ, a device that offers a new, non-surgical way to prepare patients for dialysis. According to Overlook officials, it ...

What do the Kidneys do? The kidneys work as a filtering unit for the blood in our bodies and help in excreting waste products from the blood stream. The kidney filters out waste products from the ...

—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 ...