The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative guidelines encourage more-frequent use of primary arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) in hemodialysis patients, because this ...

Arteriovenous fistulas are believed to be superior to grafts for vascular access in hemodialysis patients, but it is unclear whether this holds true in patients with a previous fistula failure.

As baseline levels of IL-6 prior to hemodialysis AVF creation increase ... prior to surgery to create an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis are associated with an increased long-term ...