Study findings lend support to placing “the right access in the right patient at the right time” per the 2019 KDOQI guideline rather than using a strict “fistula first” approach. Michael Allon, MD, ...

The authors observed a significant increase in optimal starts for dialysis and in peritoneal dialysis rates after implementing a standardized end-stage renal disease transition pathway. Objective: To ...

"CKD patients with heart failure are more likely to initiate maintenance dialysis in contexts associated with greater resource expenditure and risk of suboptimal outcomes; they had significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the time of hemodialysis initiation, more than half of patients had an arteriovenous fistula. Fistula use ...