Accidental venous needle dislodgement from the arteriovenous fistula or graft can lead to serious and even fatal bleeding in hemodialysis patients. Dislodgement is not detected by the venous ...

James Pointer’s life sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections ended abruptly last week when he bled to death from ...

The odds of major perioperative bleeding were increased 18.1-fold for patients who underwent emergent hepatic surgery, 10.9-fold for emergent splenic surgery, and 9.6-fold for emergent pancreatic ...

As baseline levels of IL-6 prior to hemodialysis AVF creation increase, so does the risk for AVF failure. Elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) prior to surgery to create an arteriovenous ...

collected samples of skin and superficial veins from ten patients on hemodialysis who had a high probability of access failure and no suitable veins for a fistula. These samples were used to grow ...