Ho, Cho, Ko, Chu, and Gopinathan present readers with an illustrated case based guide to hemodialysis access related to surgical and interventional procedures. The authors cover creation of vascular access, the challenges in tunneled catheter insertion, CO2 Angiography, endovascular salvage, and many other issues related to access to hemodialysis. Jackie Pei Ho and Anil Gopinathan are faculty members of the National University Health System of Singapore. Kyung J. Cho is a faculty member of the University of Michigan Health System. Po-Jen Ko and Sung-Yu Chu are with Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The renal failure and hemodialysis dependent population is increasing worldwide. Hemodialysis access is the life-line of these patients. Hemodialysis access related surgical and interventional procedures form a major demand to the healthcare services in many developed and developing countries. As such, the proper clinical decision, planning and performance of these procedures will greatly benefit the hemodialysis patients and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs.This book is a practical guide for clinicians and nurses creating, treating or managing hemodialysis accesses for renal failure patients. Basic principles to manage common or difficult situations of hemodialysis access are discussed and illustrative clinical cases are shown as examples. This book is an essential reading material for healthcare professionals in their early phase of developing the hemodialysis access program, while providing useful tips and tricks to established clinicians that will broaden their armamentarium.
