Autologous arteriovenous access is the key to long-term success with hemodialysis and is strongly supported by the National Kidney ... Basilic vein transposition (BVT) fulfills the need for ...

2 Forecasting Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury (AKI ... of a dialysis patient’s vascular access to identify the presence of an access aneurysm and its stage. That is, a weakened area in the ...

The bones are the second most common site of kidney cancer metastases (after the lungs). Bone pain from metastases can be severe, and is usually not associated with any form of injury. Sometimes the ...

Running from the top of the foot (dorsum) and up the inner sides of the leg, the great saphenous vein is the body’s longest vein. The vein’s primary task is to drain deoxygenated blood from the foot, ...

Varicose and spider veins: Varicose veins are enlarged veins that often twist and can bulge above the surface of the skin. They may be blue, red, or flesh-colored. Spider veins often look like webs.

Bad placement of a catheter by a Fort Lauderdale doctor caused a patient to have a stroke, the Florida Department of Health ...

New research suggests that just five minutes of daily exercise can help lower blood pressure. Published by a team from the ...

This video emphasizes the importance of protecting your kidneys and highlights some common daily mistakes that can harm kidney ... to 52 kg 'without gym with home workout'; take her 7-day fat-burning ...

Building without a blueprint To grow artificial kidneys, researchers like Hughes first need to understand how nature builds the organ. This is harder than it sounds. Everyone's heart and ...

per minute. A technic was developed for the permanent implantation of cannulas into an artery and vein of the forearm. Between dialyses, patency of these blood vessels depends on maintaining ...

After successfully shooting a three-pointer with 30 seconds left in the game, Russell celebrates by pointing at the underside of his arm and saying "ice," as if to say he has "ice in his veins" (shown ...

A large-scale clinical trial found that intravenous infusion of exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog ...