title: Digital infarction in a hemodialysis patient due to embolism from a thrombosed brachial arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: Acute onset of digital ischemia and infarction is an unusual complication in patients undergoing hemodialysis. This is a report of a patient on regular hemodialysis who presented with acute distal extremity ischemia, progressing to digital infarction and on evaluation was found to have thrombosis of brachial arteriovenous fistula with embolization to the distal arteries causing digital artery occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nanjappa Hospital, Shimoga, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yj
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Hemodialysis; brachial; digital infarction; embolization; thrombosed arteriovenous fistula