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ArticleCanadian journal of kidney health and disease2016

Arteriovenous Access: Infection, Neuropathy, and Other Complications.

Jennifer M MacRae, Christine Dipchand, Matthew Oliver, Louise Moist, Serdar Yilmaz, Charmaine Lok, Kelvin Leung, Edward Clark, Swapnil Hiremath, Joanne Kappel and 4 more

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Article in Canadian journal of kidney health and disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Distal revascularization and interval ligation for femoral arteriovenous graft steal syndrome.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026
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  4. Salmonella infection of an unused fistula.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2025
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  9. Rethinking Resistant Hypertension.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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  14. Vascular Access Practice Patterns in Canada: A National Survey.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2018
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  15. Practical Aspects of Nontunneled and Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheters.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2016
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  16. Hemodialysis Tunneled Catheter Noninfectious Complications.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2016
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  17. Arteriovenous Vascular Access Selection and Evaluation.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Jennifer M MacRaeDepartment of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Christine DipchandFaculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Matthew OliverSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Louise MoistDepartment of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Serdar YilmazDepartment of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Charmaine LokFaculty of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kelvin LeungCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Edward ClarkFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Swapnil HiremathFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Joanne KappelFaculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Mercedeh KiaiiFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Rick LuscombeDepartment of Nursing, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lisa M MillerMax Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Canadian Society of Nephrology Vascular Access Work Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complications of vascular access lead to morbidity and may reduce quality of life. In this module, we review both infectious and noninfectious arteriovenous access complications including neuropathy, aneurysm, and high-output access. For the challenging patients who have developed many complications and are now nearing their last vascular access, we highlight some potentially novel approaches.

Indexed as

aneurysmarteriovenous access infectioncarpal tunnelhigh-flow accesshigh-output cardiac failureischemic monomelic neuropathyischemic stealneuropathypseudoaneurysm

Identifiers

PMID28270919
PMCPMC5332082

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