HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS. FUNDAMENTALS AND ADVANCED MANAGEMENT

1. Dialysis access planning: Timing of hemodialysis access creation
2. Preoperative considerations and noninvasive evaluation
3. Strategies of arteriovenous dialysis access
4. Peri-procedural and peri-operative considerations
5. Pediatric hemodialysis access considerations. Hemodialysis access techniques: Dialysis access catheters (includes placement technique, tips and tricks)
6. Direct anastomosis cephalic vein hemodialysis access
7. Forearm Cephalic vein Transposition
8. Basilic vein Transposition
9. Hemodialysis grafts
10. Alternative hemodialysis conduits
11. Lower extremity hemodialysis access
12. Unconventional vascular access procedures
13. The Hero Device. Hemodialysis access follow-up: Management of new access from PACU to first-time use
14. The immature fistula
15. Duplex examination of the hemodialysis access
16. Outpatient surveillance at the dialysis center
17. The Natural history of hemodialysis access. Hemodialysis access complications: Understanding Intimal hyperplasia biology in hemodialysis access
18. Hemodialysis access with complications from the nephrologist’s perspective
19. The failing hemodialysis access: The physical exam
20. Hemodialysis access percutaneous interventions
21. Hemodialysis access outflow vein stenosis (including cephalic arch stenosis)
22. Central venous Stenosis and occlusion
23. Arterial inflow stenosis
24. Hemodialysis access-related aneurysms
25. The infected hemodialysis access
26. The thrombosed hemodialysis access
27. Poor hemodialysis access recirculation
28. Hand ischemia and neuropathy
29. Hemodynamic complications of hemodialysis access. Hemodialysis alternatives: Renal transplant referral and criteria
30. Peritoneal dialysis. Miscellaneous topics: Current state of hemodialysis access and dialysis access initiatives
31. Understanding the hemodialysis machine
32. Current Hemodialysis techniques
33. Hemodialysis Access Outcomes Assessment
34. The outpatient dialysis access center
35. Coding and billing for hemodialysis access procedures.

This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of hemodialysis access creation and advanced management for maintenance is designed to meet the needs of all surgeons and physicians responsible for the treatment and care of patients undergoing dialysis. The book opens by discussing every aspect of dialysis access planning, including selection of the right access for the individual patient and access strategies. Hemodialysis access techniques, from the most basic to the most complex and unconventional, are then described step by step, and guidance is provided on follow-up. Detailed attention is also devoted to the challenging management of specific complications of dialysis access surgery, including failing hemodialysis access. The book includes a wealth of informative, high-quality images and illustrations, and the authors are prominent vascular surgeons, transplant surgeons, general surgeons, nephrologists, and interventional radiologists from across the United States.

Features
• Describes the full range of hemodialysis access techniques step by step
• Offers detailed advice on follow-up and management of complications
• Meets the needs of vascular, general, and transplant surgeons in both academic and community settings
• Includes a wealth of high-quality images and illustrations

Author
Sherene Shalhub M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Shalhub is an Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Washington. Her practice includes the use of open surgical techniques as well as minimally invasive wire and catheter-based interventions for the treatment of vascular disease.
She most recently served as an attending staff surgeon at the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute in Texas Medical Center with a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the University Of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She earned her medical degree from the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa and then completed her general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle. In addition, she completed a Master of Public Health degree at the University of South Florida and a postdoctoral trauma research fellowship at the University of Washington.