The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines encourage more-frequent use of primary arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) in hemodialysis patients, because this ...

Arteriovenous fistulas are believed to be superior to grafts for vascular access in hemodialysis patients, but it is unclear whether this holds true in patients with a previous fistula failure.

A recent study from National Taiwan University Hospital shows that apixaban, a blood-thinning medication, can help prevent blood clots in dialysis patients after a procedure to clear blocked vascular ...

Dialysis is a type of renal replacement therapy (RRT ... put back into the body via a surgically created arteriovenous (AV) ...