Tag: access creation

“Essential” vascular access planning eased by new CKD progression tool

Existing guidelines’ recommendations for vascular access planning are mainly based on glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) changes. With “optimal timing for vascular access referral and...

Save Your Vein: Transforming venous preservation from hope into reality

Jeremy Crane (London, UK) discusses the topic of vein preservation—including its central importance to successful dialysis access creation, and practical measures for achieving it...
treating steal syndrome

Treating steal syndrome: Symptoms, flow rate and anastomosis location all key...

When it comes to treating steal syndrome, the extent to which the dialysis patient in question is displaying symptoms—as well as their flow rate...