Vascular Access

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read vascular access nephrology news in 2024.

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.

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.

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis who received daprodustat had fewer vascular access thrombosis events compared with patients who had erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, according to data presented here.

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.

Legislators have introduced a bill to restore cuts in Medicare funding for office-based procedures, including for vascular access.

Patients on hemodialysis who wear Fitbits and receive structured feedback showed greater daily step counts than patients who didn’t receive coaching, according to data published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

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