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ultrasound in the dialysis unit for cannualiton

Posted By Deborah J. Brouwer-Maier, Thursday, December 13, 2018

Ultrasound guided cannulation is slowly becoming the standard of care outside the US.  See the 2017 guidelines on the use from Canada.  As IN’s you routinely use ultrasound imaging.  Many of you may even provide cannulation maps of a patient’s access to the dialysis unit.   The Associates program at the Feb meeting will be reviewing cannulation techniques and the issue of ultrasound imaging.  Wanted to get feedback on the interest in ultrasound guided cannulation or at least visualization before cannulation by your dialysis staff.  Do you support the idea?  Would an easy to use non-diagnostic imaging be of value to your clinics?  What about cost of the device?  The major adoption hurdle of training has already been disproven by Dr. Agarwal's study utilizing an easy to use simple point and see device.   

thanks Debbie

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