... patients with the explicit goal to shorten catheter residence time post-AVF creation through ScvO 2 -based maturation monitoring. In patients with a catheter as vascular access, we tracked ScvO 2 and eUBBF pre- and post-AVF creation. The primary outcome was catheter residence time post-AVF creation. We...

...Hugo Vergara-Pérez; Raúl Diaitz-Usetxi Laplaza; Alejandro Pérez Alba; Pablo Baliño Remiro; Asunción Rius Peris; M. Ángeles Fenollosa Segarra; Alejandro Tamayo Vasquez; Javier Reque Introduction: For hemodialysis (HD) patients, the selection of vascular access is a crucial factor that significantly...

...Chao Chen; Jun Gao; Feng Gong; Lihua Liu; Peng Shi; Shengyin Ma Introduction: The objective of this study was to report our experience of angioplasty with paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) versus common balloon (CB) for the treatment of repeated failing vascular access. Methods: Retrospective, single...

... Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Vascular access Difficulty Practice Acute kidney injury is a frequent condition in patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Up to 70% [1-4] of adult patients and 60% of children requiring ECMO need renal replacement therapy (RRT) [5...

...Pablo Maggiani-Aguilera; Jochen G. Raimann; Jonathan S. Chávez-Iñiguez; Guillermo Navarro-Blackaller; Peter Kotanko; Guillermo Garcia-Garcia Introduction: Central venous catheter (CVC) as vascular access in hemodialysis (HD) associates with adverse outcomes. Early CVC to fistula or graft conversion...

.... Vascular access Hemodialysis Survival Fistula Venous catheter Hemodialysis (HD) is the most widely used treatment modality worldwide in the care of patients with ESRD. The success of the therapy depends largely on the quality of the VA, its proper functioning, which has a bearing...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. End-stage renal disease Hemodialysis Anemia Vascular access Hemodialysis...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Arterio-venous fistula Complications Embolization Aneurysm Vascular access Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) thrombosis is a common...

...Yang Yu; Yuqin Xiong; Chunle Zhang; Martina Fu; Yi Li; Ping Fu Objectives: Current studies suggest arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and arteriovenous graft as superior vascular access (VA) types for elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients due to better outcomes. This study aimed to examine the impact of VA...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Catheter Dialysis Vascular access...

... with CVC as vascular access, we measured once per minute intradialytic central-venous oxygen saturation (ScvO 2 ) and hemoglobin levels simultaneously using the Crit-Line Monitor. Under conditions of stable upper body oxygen consumption and arterial oxygen saturation, ScvO 2 and hemoglobin concentration...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dialysis catheter Vascular access Chest Internal jugular vein Malposition Cuffed-tunneled hemodialysis catheter Arteriovenous fistulas remain the lifeline of patients with end-stage renal disease because...

... Cannulation Vascular access Dialysis Needle Puncture Safety Performing an adequate haemodialysis treatment requires a well-functioning vascular access that is long-lasting and has the least number of possible complications [ 1 ]. An arteriovenous fistula created with native vessels (AVF...

... of vascular access (VA) complications in hemodialysis patients. To date a standard and widely comprehensible echocolorDoppler (ECD) protocol is not available. Materials and Methods: A simple step-by-step protocol based on anatomical and hemodynamic parameters of VA has been developed during a 3-years VA ECD...

...Toshihide Naganuma; Yoshiaki Takemoto We report our activities training doctors on vascular access procedures at International University (IU) Hospital in Cambodia through a program facilitated by Ubiquitous Blood Purification International, a nonprofit organization that provides medical support...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dialysis catheter Vascular access Iliac vein Malposition The Achilles' heel of chronic dialysis patients is a viable vascular access, preferably arteriovenous...

... to in the content or advertisements. Vascular access Living status Comorbidities Dialysis Very elderly Hospitalization Table 1 Characteristics of dialysis patients 80 years of age or older The median time on dialysis was nearly 5 years. Eleven patients had been dialyzed for more than 10...

...Giordano Fumagalli; Stefano De Pietro; Massimiliano Migliori; Francesco Paolo Ferrandello; Fabio Trovato; Carlo Donadio; Vincenzo Panichi Background: Optimizing vascular access outcomes is still a challenge, since 30-60% of arteriovenous fistulas fail or do not mature and catheters are widely used...

..., it can minimize or even avoid catheter use. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. References 1. Ethier J, Mendelssohn DC, Elder SJ, Hasegawa T, Akizawa T, Akiba T, Canaud BJ, Pisoni RL: Vascular access use and outcomes: an international perspective from the dialysis...

... to in the content or advertisements. Ultrasound dilution Vascular access Hemodialysis Quality improvement In children and adolescents receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD), permanent vascular access using an arteriovenous graft (AVG) or arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is preferred over central venous...