title: Role of interventional nephrology in dialysis access management.
abstract: Interventional nephrology is an area of medicine under the subspecialty of nephrology that provides improved vascular access care for dialysis patients. Since vascular access issues are a major cause of hospitalization in dialysis patients, interventional nephrologists help reduce hospitalization rates and costs, providing focused and economical medical care. A case has been presented at the end that highlights some management principles of vascular accesses. We also present a comprehensive review of recent data regarding trends in dialysis access management.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University, USA.
authors: Srinath
authors: S
authors: Tamirisa
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Patel
authors: Kevin J
authors: KJ
authors: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D009398:Nephrology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends