Vascular access: care and monitoring of function

Vascular access: care and monitoring of function.

Vascular access blood flow monitoring reduces access morbidity and costs.

BACKGROUND Vascular access morbidity results in suboptimal patient outcomes and costs more than $8000 per patient-year at risk, representing approximately 15% of total Medicare expenditures for ESRD patients annually. In recent years, the rate of access thrombosis has improved following the advent of vascular access blood flow monitoring (VABFM) programs to identify and treat stenosis prior to ...

THE EFFECT OF EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF NURSING STUDENTS IN THE CARE OF HEMODIALYSIS VASCULAR ACCESS

Background & Aim: One of the basic and important needs of hemodialysis patients is vascular access. Nursing students as members of the health team and future nurses, play an essential role in the safety management of hemodialysis patients and therefore, their training is important to support patient safety. Today, evidence-based education with the objective of explicit and rational use of the b...

The function of permanent vascular access.

BACKGROUND Complications arising from vascular access (VA) are major causes of morbidity in patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT). They contribute to frustration of health care providers and to high medical cost. To prevent failures in the future it will be helpful to identify the factors that are related to VA malfunction. METHODS In a retrospective analysis we analysed the types, dura...

Comparison of Celox powder and conventional dressing on hemostasis of vascular access site in hemodialysis patients

Background: Common measures to stop bleeding can run the risk of clotting and thrombosis due to prolonged application of pressure. Topical homeostatic agents have an important role in decreasing time to hemostasis and consequently prevention of the complications.   Aim: the aim of this study was to compare Celox powder and conventional bandage on time to hemostasis in the vascular access site i...