title: Guidelines for venous access in patients with chronic kidney disease. A Position Statement from the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, Clinical Practice Committee and the Association for Vascular Access.
abstract: At the time of hemodialysis vascular access evaluation, many chronic kidney disease patients already have iatrogenic injury to their veins which impedes the surgical construction of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Achieving the important goal of a greater prevalence of arteriovenous fistulae in the US hemodialysis population will require identification of those patients prior to reaching end-stage renal disease and an educational and procedural system for preserving their veins.
authors: Eastern Nephrology Associates, PLLC, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. jhoggard@suddenlink.net
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Hoggard
authors: Theodore
authors: T
authors: Saad
authors: Don
authors: D
authors: Schon
authors: Thomas M
authors: TM
authors: Vesely
authors: Tim
authors: T
authors: Royer
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection; D006435:Renal Dialysis