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Brian Rifkin, MD Hattiesburg Clinic Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The Renal Fellow Network and the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), whose mission is to provide excellence in dialysis access care…
Radial Artery Cardiac Catheterization in Patients with Kidney Disease
Avinash Rao Ullur, MD DrNB (Nephrology), FASN, CHS Clinical Fellow in Onconephrology The University of Toronto, Canada Aisha Shaikh, MD Associate Attending, Renal DivisionDepartment of Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Acknowledgements: This post is part of…
Should Tunneled Dialysis Catheters be Placed at the Bedside in Critically-Ill Patients?
Mohammad Ahsan Sohail, MD Department of Kidney Medicine Nephrology & Hypertension Fellow, PGY-4Cleveland Clinic Tushar Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACPChair, Department of Medicine, John D. Dingell Department of VA Medical CenterVice Chair, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School Of…
Cannulate No Fistula Before It’s Time: AVF Maturation 101
Sherida Edding MD, IM PGY-3 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterAndrew Kowalski MD, MPH, FASN, Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine/ Macneal Hospital Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The…
The Baggage of AV Access: Too Big a Load for an Overburdened Heart?
Maria Angela M. Matabang, MDLincoln Medical Center @AnjMatabang Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The Renal Fellow Network and the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), whose mission is to provide excellence in…
Does Creation of an AVF Reduce Progression of Kidney Disease?
Sindhuri Prakash-Polet, MD, PhD & Sean Kalloo, MD, MBA, FASDIN Fellow in Interventional Nephrology & Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Radiology), Columbia University Medical Center @sprakashpolet Introduction: Efforts to find therapeutics and interventions that can modify the trajectory…
Why be PICC-Y about Central Lines in Patients with CKD?
Tazeen Rizvi, MDAdvocate Christ Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL Epidemiology: A Peripherally inserted Central Catheter (PICC) is a 50 to 60 cm long single, double, or triple lumen catheter, which is placed in a peripheral arm vein and terminates…
KDOQI Access Guideline 1: Patient First- ESRD Life-Plan
Brian Rifkin, MDHattiesburg ClinicASDIN Education Committee KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update (ajkd.org) Introduction Dialysis access planning and placement are cornerstones in the timely initiation of dialysis therapy. Strategies from “Fistula First” to “Catheter Last”…
Know When to Hold ‘Em: Anticoagulation Management in Kidney Patients Undergoing Invasive Procedures
Introduction Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are frequently on anticoagulation (AC) due to their increased risk of stroke and thromboembolism, particularly from atrial fibrillation. Management of AC in kidney patients undergoing invasive…
Troubleshooting Two Vascular Access Cases – Early Cannulation Graft and the HeRO graft
Clinical Scenario 1: Mr.T is a 68 year old male with long standing uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated by diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy. Over the years he has had progression of chronic kidney disease with subnephrotic range…