Abstract:Vascular access dysfunction is associated with reduced delivery of dialysis, unplanned admissions, patient symptoms, and loss of access, making assessment of vascular access a fundamental part of routine care in dialysis. Clinical trials to predict the risk of access thrombosis based on accepted reference methods of access performance have been disappointing. Reference methods are time‐consuming, affect the delivery of dialysis, and therefore cannot repeatedly be used with every dialysis session. There is now … Show more
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