Study findings lend support to placing “the right access in the right patient at the right time” per the 2019 KDOQI guideline rather than using a strict “fistula first” approach. Michael Allon, MD, ...
More frequent placement of central venous catheter seen for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. (HealthDay News) — Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure ...
The authors observed a significant increase in optimal starts for dialysis and in peritoneal dialysis rates after implementing a standardized end-stage renal disease transition pathway. Objective: To ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the time of hemodialysis initiation, more than half of patients had an arteriovenous fistula. Fistula use ...
"CKD patients with heart failure are more likely to initiate maintenance dialysis in contexts associated with greater resource expenditure and risk of suboptimal outcomes; they had significantly ...