Vascular Access News

SAN DIEGO — Use of a chlorhexidine foam dressing may reduce exit site infection rates for patients with tunneled hemodialysis catheters when certain protocols are followed, data show.

SAN DIEGO — Nearly one-third of disparities in vascular access outcomes for Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic white patients with end-stage kidney disease can be tied to pre-dialysis care inequities, data show.

In an editorial published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, nephrologists Mark E. Rosenberg, MD, and Tod Ibrahim, MD, detailed problems the specialty may face in the coming decade.

An early diagnosis of antibody-associated vasculitis may be important to long-term kidney function, study data show, as even mild forms of kidney involvement can affect prognosis.

Patients on hemodialysis require functioning access sites, yet all access sites are at risk of stenosis and subsequent failure.

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.