Although the clinical demand for bioengineered blood vessels continues to rise, current
options for vascular conduits remain limited. The synergistic combination of emerging …

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 …

CHF Congestive heart failure CKD Chronic kidney disease CO Cardiac output CO2 Carbon
dioxide CPR Cardiopulmonary recirculation CTA Computed tomography angiography CVD …

A panel of experts was convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to
update the 2004 clinical practice guideline on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy …

Background For patients with end-stage renal disease who are not candidates for fistula,
dialysis access grafts are the best option for chronic haemodialysis. However …

Background. A well-functioning vascular access (VA) is essential to efficient dialysis therapy.
Guidelines have been implemented improving care, yet access use varies widely across …

Background and objectives: Vascular access standards are predominantly based on older,
single-center reports; however, the hemodialysis population has changed dramatically and …

BACKGROUND: Many authors report inferior patency rates of distal arteriovenous fistulas in
elderly patients and others present contradictory results. A meta-analysis of available …

OBJECTIVES: Preoperative duplex ultrasound mapping of veins and arteries has been
widely advocated to maximize the creation of native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for …

Results During this time frame, 317 AVFs were placed in 293 individual patients. The
primary failure rate was 37.1% after excluding patients not initiated on hemodialysis during …