Vascular Access Infections and Management:

This section presents a list of articles that focus on infectious complications of the hemodialysis vascular access. Several strategies to minimize infectious complications of the vascular access are also presented.

1. Ryan SV, Calligaro KD, Scharff J, Dougherty MJ: Management of infected prosthetic dialysis arteriovenous grafts. J Vasc Surg 39:73, 2004

2. Beathard GA : Catheter management protocol for catheter-related bacteremia prophylaxis. Semin Dial 16:403-405, 2003
3. Pervez A, Ahmed M, Ram S, Torres C, Work J, Zaman F, Abreo K. Antibiotic lock technique for prevention of cuffed tunnel catheter-associated bactremia. J Vascular Access 3:108-113, 2002
4. Nassar GM, Ayus JC. Infectious complications of old nonfunctioning arteriovenous grafts in renal transplant recipients: A case series. Am J Kidney Dis 40:832-836, 2002
5. Nassar GM. Infectious complications of the hemodialysis access. Kidney Int. 60:1-13, 2001
6. Saad TF: Central venous dialysis catheters: catheter-associated infection. Semin Dial 14:446-451, 2001
7. Nassar GM, Ayus JC. Clotted arteriovenous grafts: A silent source of infection. Semin Dial 13:1-3, 2000
8. Schwab SJ, Beathard G: The hemodialysis catheter conundrum: hate living with them, but can't live without them. Kidney Int 56:1-17, 1999
9. Beathard GA : Management of bacteremia associated with tunneled-cuffed hemodialysis catheters. J Am Soc Nephrol 10:1045-1049, 1999
10. Saad TF: Bacteremia associated with tunneled, cuffed hemodialysis catheters. Am J Kidney Dis 34:1114-1124, 1999
11. Ayus JC, Sheikh-Hamad D. Silent infection in clotted hemodialysis access grafts. J Am Soc Nephrol 9:1314-1317, 1998