Miscellaneous:

This section presents a list of articles on interventional nephrology that the readers may find helpful and interesting.  These include; training, certification and reimbursement for interventional nephrology procedures.  In addition, arteriovenous fistula creation surgery performed by nephrologists is presented in this section. 

  1. Strom ES. Miller D, Hoover LJ, Georgia J, Bivens T: Radiation doses from venous access procedures. Radiology 238: 1044-1055, 2006

  2. Saad TF and Vesely TM: Venous access for patients with chronic kidney disease. J Vasc Inverv Radiol 15:1041-1045, 2004

  3. Beathard GA: An interesting case of arteriovenous fistula failure: how I would code it. Semin Dial. 17:516-522, 2004

  4. Guideline 7: Preservation of veins for AV access. NkF-K/DOQI Glinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Access. Update 2000. Am J Kidney Dis 37(supplement 1)S147-148, 2000

  5. Asif A, Leclercq B, Merrill D, Bourgoignie JJ, Roth D: Arteriovenous Fistula Creation: Should United States Nephrologists get involved? Am J Kideny Dis

  6. Saad TF: Training, certification, and reimbursement for nephrology procedures. Semin Nephrol 22:276-285, 2002

  7. Konner K, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Roys EC, Port FK : Tailoring the initial vascular access for dialysis patients. Kidney Int 62:329-338, 2002

  8. Ravani P, Marcelli D, Malberti F: Vascular access surgery managed by renal physicians: the choice of native arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 40:1264-1276, 2002

  9. Oncevski A, Dejanov P, Gerasimovska V, Polenakovic MH: Approach to vascular access for hemodialysis: experiences from the Republic of Macedonia. Int J Artif Organs 25:354-364, 2002

  10. Malovrh M: Native arteriovenous fistula: preoperative evaluation. Am J Kidney Dis 39:1218-1225, 2002

  11. Weyde W, Krajewska M, Letachowicz W, Klinger M: Superficialization of the wrist native arteriovenous fistula for effective hemodialysis vascular access construction. Kidney Int 61:1170-1173, 2002

  12. Beathard GA: Strategy for maximizing the use of arteriovenous fistulae. Semin Dial 13:291-296, 2000

  13. Rasmussen RL: Establishing a dialysis access center. Nephrol News Issues 12:61-63, 1998

  14. Arnold WP: Improvement in hemodialysis vascular access outcomes in a dedicated access center. Semin Dial 13:359-363, 2000

  15. Brescia MJ, Cimino JE, Appel K, Hurwich BJ: Chronic hemodialysis using venipuncture and a surgically created arteriovenous fistula. N Engl J Med 275:1089-1092, 1966