Vascular Access News

East Side Vascular Access (East Side) is a member of St. Clair Nephrology, a specialty medical practice with offices across the greater Metro-Detroit area. At East Side, the access center has an average of five patient encounters per day and about 1,100 encounters each year. St Clair Nephrology physicians are medical directors at multiple dialysis centers. Our role within the network is to provide access-related services to the patients who are referred by all the dialysis centers in our area.

A clinical scale was validated for early detection of infections at the exit site of central venous catheters for hemodialysis in patients with kidney disease, according to a study.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here.

PHILADELPHIA — Racial and ethnic differences exist in arteriovenous access use in patients 1 year after hemodialysis initiation, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Congress must hear this message: Ongoing cuts in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for office-based providers will continue to impact access to care for patients on dialysis across the United States.

Medtronic has issued a voluntary recall on two types of hemodialysis catheters after tests revealed excessive amounts of a lubricant on the tip could block flow or dislodge the catheter, according to a company letter to customers.

Cardiac structure and function significantly correlated with risk of kidney failure with replacement therapy, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

Although the rate of complications for hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis declined between 2005 and 2018, patients from underrepresented groups showed higher odds of complications compared with white patients.

“Vascular access is the Achilles’ heel of dialysis therapy.”