Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Dr. A. Kadri

Comparison of alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator) high-dose vs. low-dose protocol in restoring hemodialysis catheter function: The ALTE-DOSE study

Yaseen, O., El-Masri, M. M., El Nekidy, W. S., Soong, D., Ibrahim, M., Speirs, J. W. and Kadri, A. (2012), Comparison of alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator) high-dose vs. low-dose protocol in restoring hemodialysis catheter function: The ALTE-DOSE study. Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/hdi.12004

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Andrew D. Howard, MD, FACP

Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative (FFBI): Lessons About Arteriovenous Fistula Prevalence Goals.

Howard AD, Howard RS, Goldstein SL, Meyer KB.
Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Alexandria, Virginia; Forum of ESRD Networks, Richmond, Virginia.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Nov 14. pii: S0272-6386(12)01332-7. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.09.014. [Epub ahead of print]

Hemodialysis.com Authors' Interview: Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS

ASN 2012 Abstract: [TH-PO740]

Progression to End-Stage Renal Disease among Patients with Preemptive Vascular Access Placement
Chenyin He, MD, Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, Nisha Bansal, MD. UCSF.

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

TH-PO242] Vascular Access Type and the Trajectory of the Inflammatory Markers in Hemodialysis (HD) Patients

Tanushree Banerjee, PhD, Joseph Kim, MD, PhD, Brad C. Astor, PhD, Tariq Shafi, MBBS, FASN, Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, FASN, Neil R. Powe, MD, FASN. University of California, San Francisco; University Health Network, Toronto; University of Wisconsin; Johns Hopkins University.

Hemodialysis.com Author Interviews ASN 2012:Dr. Pietro Ravani, PhD, MSc, MD, FNCPS

TH-PO754] Risk of Infectious and Non-Infectious Complications of Permanent Hemodialysis Access
		Authors: Pietro Ravani, MD, Brenda W. Gillespie, PhD, Robert R. Quinn, MD, PhD, Jennifer M. MacRae, MD, Braden J. Manns, MD, David C. Mendelssohn, MD, Marcello Tonelli, MD, Brenda Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD, Matthew T. James, MD, PhD, Neesh I. Pannu, MD, Bruce M. Robinson, MD, FASN, Xin Zhang, Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD

H-PO259] Association between Type of Hemodialysis Access and Clinical Outcomes: Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies
		Authors: Pietro Ravani, MD, Suetonia Palmer, MD, PhD, Matthew J. Oliver, MD, Robert R. Quinn, MD, PhD, Jennifer M. MacRae, MD, Davina J. Tai, MD, Chandra Mary Thomas, MD, Neesh I. Pannu, MD, Brenda Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD, Jonathan C. Craig, MD, PhD, Braden J. Manns, MD, Marcello Tonelli, MD, Giovanni F.M. Strippoli, MD, Matthew T. James, MD, PhD

Hemodialysis.com Author Interviews ASN 2012:

Hemodialysis.com: M. C. Florescu, MD

The effect of statin therapy on the formation of arteriovenous fistula stenoses and the rate of reoccurrence of previously treated stenosis

Birch, N., Fillaus, J. and Florescu, M. C. (2012), The effect of statin therapy on the formation of arteriovenous fistula stenoses and the rate of reoccurrence of previously treated stenoses. Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00762.x

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Juan Carlos Ayus, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N.

Long-term effects of daily hemodialysis on vascular access outcomes: A prospective controlled study

Achinger, S. G., Ikizler, T. A., Bian, A., Shintani, A. and Ayus, J. C. (2012), Long-term effects of daily hemodialysis on vascular access outcomes: A prospective controlled study. Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00756.x

Hemodialysis.com Authors' Interview:

Mi- Kyoung Kim RN., Ph.D. and Hee- Seung Kim RN., Ph.D.

Clinical effects of buttonhole cannulation method on hemodialysis patients.

Kim, M.-K. and Kim, H.-S. (2012), Clinical effects of buttonhole cannulation method on hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00753.x

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Prof. M. Kessler

Heparin-grafted dialysis membrane allows minimal systemic anticoagulation in regular hemodialysis patients: A prospective proof-of-concept study.

Kessler, M., Gangemi, C., Gutierrez Martones, A., Lacombe, J.-L., Krier-Coudert, M.-J., Galland, R., Kielstein, J., Moureau, F. and Loughraieb, N. (2012), Heparin-grafted dialysis membrane allows minimal systemic anticoagulation in regular hemodialysis patients: A prospective proof-of-concept study. Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00733.x

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Dr. Luis Coentrao

Effects of starting hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula or central venous catheter compared with peritoneal dialysis: a retrospective cohort study

Luis Coentrao, Carla S Araujo, Claudia C Dias, Ricardo Neto and Manuel Pestana
BMC Nephrology 2012, 13:88 
doi:10.1186/1471-2369-13-88 Published: 23 August 2012

Drs. Kiberd and Tennankore

Impact of an "acute dialysis start" on the mortality attributed to the use of central venous catheters: a retrospective cohort study

Tennankore KK, Soroka SD, Kiberd BA.
BMC Nephrol 2012 Jul 30;13(1):72. [Epub ahead of print]

Jennifer MacRae MSc MD FRCPC

A Randomized Trial Comparing Buttonhole with Rope Ladder Needling in Conventional Hemodialysis Patients.

Macrae JM, Ahmed SB, Atkar R, Hemmelgarn BR.

Faculties of Medicine and, ‡Nursing, Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, †Alberta Kidney Disease Network (AKDN), Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jul 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Hemodialysis.com Authors' Interview:

Preexisting Venous Calcification Prior to Dialysis Vascular Access Surgery

Timmy Lee, M.D., M.S.P.H., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N.

Lee, T., Safdar, N., Mistry, M. J., Wang, Y., Chauhan, V., Campos, B., Munda, R., Cornea, V. and Roy-Chaudhury, P. (2012), Preexisting Venous Calcification Prior to Dialysis Vascular Access Surgery. Seminars in Dialysis.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01063.x

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Eric Ladenheim MD

High Incidence of Perigraft Seroma Formation with Gelatin-Coated Polytetrafluoroethylene Grafts.

Ladenheim ED, Lum C, Chadwick N, Agrawal S.
Ladenheim Dialysis Access Centers, Fresno, California.
Semin Dial. 2012 Jun 11. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2012.01085.x.
[Epub ahead of print]

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Dr. Gurprataap Sandhu

Association between initial type of hemodialysis access used in the elderly and mortality

Hemodialysis International
Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages: 233–241, Ranil N. DeSilva, Gurprataap S. Sandhu,
Jalaj Garg and Alexander S. Goldfarb-Rumyantzev

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Kate Ellingson, PhD

Vascular access hemorrhages contribute to deaths among hemodialysis patients

Katherine D Ellingson, Rakhee S Palekar, Cynthia A Lucero, Katherine M Kurkjian, Shua J Chai, Dana S Schlossberg, Donna M Vincenti, Jeffrey C Fink, John O Davies-Cole, Julie M Magri, Matthew J Arduino and Priti R Patel
Kidney International , (13 June 2012) | doi:10.1038/ki.2012.185

Author Interview Dr. AM Onder

Antibiotic lock solutions allow less systemic antibiotic exposure and less catheter malfunction without adversely affecting antimicrobial resistance patterns.

Onder, A. M., Billings, A. A., Chandar, J., Nield, L., Francoeur, D., Simon, N., Abitbol, C. and Zilleruelo, G. (2012), Hemodialysis International. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00717.x

Mireille El Ters M.D and Marie Hogan M.D. Ph.D

A Cause Analysis of Absence of Functional Arterio-Venous Access in a Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients Cohort
Mireille El Ters, Andrew Rule, Bonnie Jensen, Scott Nyberg ,Sandra Taler , Amy Williams,
Robert Albright, Marie C. Hogan. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

NKF Spring 2012

Author Interview: Mireille El Ters

A Cause Analysis of Absence of Functional Arterio-Venous Access in a Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients Cohort 

Mireille El Ters, Andrew Rule, Bonnie Jensen, Scott Nyberg ,Sandra Taler , Amy Williams, Robert Albright, Marie C. Hogan. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

NKF Spring 2012

Author Interview: Dr. Victoria Teodorescu MD

Hemodialysis Access and Age-related Postoperative Outcomes: Which Fistula First?

Author Interview: David Morgan MD
A Randomized Trial of Catheters of Different Lengths to Achieve Right Atrium Versus Superior Vena Cava Placement for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

David Morgan, Kwok Ho, Conor Murray, Hugh Davies, Jeanne Louw 

American Journal of Kidney Diseases - 13 April 2012 (10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.01.021)

Author Interview: Paola De Rango, MD

Percutaneous approach in the maintenance and salvage of dysfunctional autologous vascular access for dialysis. 

De Rango P, Parente B, Cieri E, Bonanno P, Farchioni L, Manzone A, Verzini F. 
Unit of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Hospital S. M. Misericordia, Perugia - Italy.
J Vasc Access. 2012 Feb 22:0. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000060. [Epub ahead of print]

AuthorAuthor Interview: Dr. Patricia De Rango

Percutaneous approach in the maintenance and salvage of dysfunctional autologous vascular access for dialysis.

J Vasc Access. 2012 Feb 22:0. doi: 10.5301/jva.5000060. [Epub ahead of print]

Interview: Scott O. Trerotola, BA, MD
A proposed management algorithm for fistulae between hemodialysis access circuits and adjacent veins.

Author Interview: Hui-Wen Cheng, M.D.

Sonography Characteristics of the Intra-Graft Thrombus: Association with Procedure Success and Procedure Time of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Thrombosed Prosthetic Dialysis Graft

Teng-Yao Yang, Yu-Shien Ko, Hsu-Huei Weng, Shih-Tai Chang, Chang-Ming Chung, Hui-Wen Cheng
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - April 2012 (Vol. 38, Issue 4, Pages 545-550, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.016)  

Author Interview: Fabio Paglialonga MD

Split catheters in children on chronic hemodialysis: A single-center experience

Paglialonga, F., Rossetti, G., Giannini, A., Chidini, G., Napolitano, L., Testa, S., Meregalli, E., Biasuzzi, A. and Edefonti, A. (2012), Split catheters in children on chronic hemodialysis: A single-center experience. Hemodialysis International.
doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2012.00677.x

Anil K. Agarwal MD FACP, FASN, FNKF and Ravish Shah, MD

Vascular access thrombosis and interventions in patients missing hemodialysis sessions.

Shah R, Bhatt UY, Cleef SV, Farley M, Davis A, Swope M, Agarwal AK.

Clin Nephrol. 2011 Dec;76(6):435-9.
Division of Nephrology, The Ohio State University, Fresenius Medical Care, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

Author Interview: Dr. Takahiro Shinzato

New Vessel Flap in Reverse Direction Facilitates Smoother Entry of Blunt Needle into Vessel Lumen in Buttonhole Needling 

Author Interview: E. Oguz, MD

Right intra-atrial catheter placement for hemodialysis in patients with multiple venous failure

Oguz, E., Ozturk, P., Erkul, S. and Calkavur, T.
Hemodialysis International. (2012),
 doi: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00653.x

Author Interview: Jesse Goldman, MD

Tenecteplase for the improvement of blood flow rate in dysfunctional hemodialysis catheters.

Goldman J, Fishbane S, Oliver MJ, Blaney M, Jacobs JR, Begelman SM.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, and Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Clin Nephrol. 2012 Jan;77(1):55-61.

Author Interview: Andrew J. Jackson MD

Pharmacotherapy to improve outcomes in vascular access surgery: a review of current treatment strategies

Andrew J. Jackson, Paul Coats, and David B. Kingsmore
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. first published online January 13, 2012 doi:10.1093/ndt/gfr552

1Department of Transplant Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK

Author Interview: Dr Aristeidis Stavroulopoulos

Right atrial thrombi complicating haemodialysis catheters. A meta-analysis of reported cases and a proposal of a management algorithm

Aristeidis Stavroulopoulos, Vasiliki Aresti, and Christos Zounis
Dial. Transplant. first published online December 20, 2011 doi:10.1093/ndt/gfr739

Isometric Handgrip Exercises Improve Success Rates in Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) Placement in Unsuitable Candidates

ASN 2011 Abstract: [FR-PO1938]

Alice L. Uy, MD, Christina M. Yuan, MD, Rahul Jindal, Frank P. Hurst, MD. Medicine (Nephrology), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; Surgery (Organ Transplant), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: Dr. Luís Coentrão

Physical examination of dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulae by non-interventionalists: a skill worth teaching
Luís Coentrão, Bernardo Faria, and Manuel Pestana

Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2011)first published online September 21, 2011
doi:10.1093/ndt/gfr532

Author Interview: Dr. Laurie Solomon

Observational Study of Need for Thrombolytic Therapy and Incidence of Bacteremia using Taurolidine-Citrate-Heparin, Taurolidine-Citrate and Heparin Catheter Locks in Patients Treated with Hemodialysis

Solomon, L. R., Cheesbrough, J. S., Bhargava, R., Mitsides, N., Heap, M., Green, G. and Diggle, P.
Seminars in Dialysis.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.00951.x 2011

Independent prediction factors for primary patency loss in arteriovenous grafts within six months.

J Vasc Access. 2011 Jun 15. pii: 8077EF7C-99E1-4E06-905E-4A58A48EAB4E.
doi: 10.5301/JVA.2011.8425.

Monroy-Cuadros M, Yilmaz S, Salazar-Bañuelos A, Doig C.
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary AB, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, AB - Canada.

Author Interview: Daniel Schneditz, Ph.D
More may be less: increasing extracorporeal blood flow in an axillary arterio-arterial access decreases effective clearance.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 May 4
Krisper P, Martinelli E, Zierler E, Schilcher G, Tiesenhausen K, Schneditz D

Author Interview Dr. Earl Schuman
Early use conversion of the HeRO dialysis graft.

Schuman E, Ronfeld A.
J Vasc Surg. 2011 Apr 15.
Legacy Oregon Surgical, Portland, Ore.

Author Interview: Dr. Laura Labriola
Infectious complications following conversion to buttonhole cannulation of native arteriovenous fistulas: a quality improvement report.

Labriola L, Crott R, Desmet C, André G, Jadoul M.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Mar;57(3):442-8.
Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Author Interview: Dr. Charmaine Lok Seeing eye to eye: the key to reducing catheter use.

J Vasc Access. 2011 Feb 28.
pii: 33CD128A-6888-4BD8-82D8-C4A5D14B1657

Chaudhry M, Bhola C, Joarder M, Zimmerman D, Quinan P, Mendelssohn D, Lok CE.University Health Network-Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - Canada.

Author Interview: Drs. Javier E. Anaya Ayala, MD. and Eric K. Peden, MD.

Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Houston, Texas

Surgical management of hemodialysis-related central venous occlusive disease: a treatment algorithm.

Annals of Vascular Surgery 2011 Jan;25(1):108-19.
Anaya-Ayala JE, Bellows PH, Ismail N, Cheema ZF, Naoum JJ, Bismuth J, Lumsden AB, Reardon MJ, Davies MG, Peden EK.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Prevention of Dialysis Catheter Malfunction with Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, M.D., Ph.D., Louise M. Moist, M.D., Charmaine E. Lok, M.D., Marcello Tonelli, M.D., S.M., Braden J. Manns, M.D., Rachel M. Holden, M.D., Martine LeBlanc, M.D., Peter Faris, Ph.D., Paul Barre, M.D., Jianguo Zhang, M.Sc., and Nairne Scott-Douglas, M.D., Ph.D. for the Prevention of Dialysis Catheter Lumen Occlusion with rt-PA versus Heparin (PreCLOT) Study Group
N Engl J Med 2011; 364:303-312 January 27, 2011

Vascular access for hemodialysis in the elderly.

J Vasc Surg. 2011 Jan 5. Swindlehurst N, Swindlehurst A, Lumgair H, Rebollo Mesa I, Mamode N, Cacciola R, Macdougall I.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The number of elderly patients needing hemodialysis is constantly increasing year by year. Elderly patients with end-stage renal failure represent a challenge for the surgeons who create vascular accesses. The aim of this study was to analyze the outcome of conduit creation in the elderly in our institution and to compare it with the outcome of a cohort of patients aged <65 years.

WHY DOES DIALYSIS ACCESS FAIL?

MCP-1 May Be 'Critical Contributor' to Problems with AV Fistulas

Washington, DC (December 22, 2010) — A protein implicated in the development of
vascular diseases may also contribute to the failure of arteriovenous (AV) fistulas created for vascular access in dialysis patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

Catheter Reduction Reduces Hospitalization and Mortality

Renee Jg Arnold, David Madigan, John A. Robertson, Abbe Volz. DaVita Inc., Denver, CO
Date: Friday, November 19, 2010

Introduction: Use of central venous catheters (CVC) in hemodialysis patients is associated with increased hospitalization and mortality. Published data have shown that an aggressive catheter reduction initiative (CathAway™) can decrease both catheter incidence and duration. We examined the impact of CathAway™ on hospitalization and mortality in the last 15 months of this program.
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Catheter Reduction Reduces Hospitalization and Mortality

Achieving the Goal of the Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative for Prevalent Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Nov 29.

Lynch JR, Wasse H, Armistead NC, McClellan WM.
Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition, Midlothian, VA.

Dialysis Fistula or Graft: The Role for Randomized Clinical Trials.

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Oct 28.

Allon M, Lok CE.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama;

Hemodialysis patients' experience with and attitudes toward the buttonhole technique for arteriovenous fistula cannulation.

Clin Nephrol. 2010 Nov;74(5):346-50.

Hashmi A, Cheema MQ, Moss AH.
Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine (AH,MQC, AHM), and the Center for Health Ethics and Law (AHM), Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Traditional and non-traditional strategies to optimize catheter function: go with more flow.

Kidney Int. 2010 Sep 29.

Mokrzycki MH, Lok CE.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.

Effective Ionic Dialysance/Blood Flow Rate Ratio: An Indicator of Access Recirculation in Arteriovenous Fistulae

Mohan, Sumit; Madhrira, Machaiah; Mujtaba, Muhammad; Agarwala, Rajesh; Pogue, Velvie; Cheng, Jen-Tse
ASAIO Journal. 56(5):427-433, September/October 2010.
doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181e743eb

Previous PICC Placement May Be Associated With Catheter-Related Infections in Hemodialysis Patients.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Sep 21

Butler PJ, Sood S, Mojibian H, Tal MG.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208042 (SP2-323), New Haven, CT