News tagged with arteriovenous fistula

Catheters linked with high risk of infections, heart problems, and death in dialysis patients

Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access, according to an analysis appearing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Feb 21, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Hemodialysis vascular access modifies the association between dialysis modality and survival

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) typically have a higher early survival rate than patients on hemodialysis (HD). New data suggest that this difference may be explained by a higher risk of early deaths among patients undergoing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Apr 21, 2011 | not rated yet | 0