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Filter by:Non-pharmacological approaches applied in the prevention of invasive pain due to cannulation in patients treated with arteriovenous fistula and hemodialysis; It is also a cost-effective method that prevents the patient from feeling pain from the application. Breathing exercises are a method that can be easily applied before the cannulation procedure. Although it is seen that there are limited number of studies on the subject in the literature, it was observed that the duration of breathing exercise application was short (two weeks) in one study and the duration was not specified in the other.
End-stage renal disease patients needs a functional vascular access to receive hemodialysis and prolong their lives. Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is priority consideration for hemodialysis, which is a connecting a superficial vein to a nearby artery and allowing this vein to enlarge and increase in internal diameter under arterial circulation. Unfortunately, 30-50% of fistulae fail to mature. Vascular calcification and stenosis were considered for early failure. The perivascular fat of artery can be predicted successful AVF maturation. However, Few previous studies have compared AVF maturation between perivascular the fat of cephalic vein or removal during the AVF surgery. This study evaluated whether the effect of AVF inflammation and preexisting vascular fibrosis is associated to perivascular the fat of cephalic vein. Investigators will also verify inflammation by analysis of blood and tissue samples, the association of pre-existing fibrosis, and the clinical correlation with AVF early failure. This study will enroll patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 and stage 6 who will need maintenance-hemodialysis (HD) from Nov 2021 to Dec 2022. Investigators will use the preoperative ultrasound assessment tool to confirm the feasibility of the arm vessels for the creation of a native AVF. As a prospective randomized controlled trial of perivascular fat preservation or removal during the AVF surgery, a study assistant will help the randomization and explain the informed consent to the patient . The subjects are randomly split into two groups: the experimental group will have the perivascular fat of the target cephalic vein preserved the control group will have the fat removed before the AVF anastomosis. The survey will enroll 100 adult patients and categorize them into groups according to each AVF maturation, JAS, or FTM (see definition below) by 3 - 12 after the surgery.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the leading health problems imbibing a major portion of health budget worldwide. The global prevalence of CKD is estimated to be 13.4% with approximately 5 to 7 million people needing renal replacement therapy. There is lack of epidemiological surveys regarding CKD but it is estimated to be around 5% and nearly half of them are diabetic. In Pakistan most of the patients undergo hemodialysis as mode of renal replacement as renal transplant centers are few and over burdened. Therefore, a good vascular access for hemodialysis is vital for CKD patients. A functioning arterio-venous fistula (AVF) improves quality of life and morbidity. However, access failure remains a major problem in patients of CKD accounting for third most common cause of admission. There are various options for attaining vascular access but AVF remains the most reliable with less morbidity and better overall patency rate. However, the AVF has its own limitation and has overall patency rate of 50-70% at 1 year and 30-40% at 2 years. This outcome indicates that strategies to prevent occlusion by altering modifiable risk factors are suboptimal and warrant further research. Patients of CKD often have associated cardiovascular diseases as Ischemic heart disease, left ventricular failure and angina. They are often taking cardio-protective medicines as antiplatelets, angiotensin converting enzymes and calcium channel blockers. Intimal hyperplasia has been shown to be the most important cause of AVF failures.2 Angiotensin II promotes vascular smooth muscle proliferation through various growth factors. Various experimental models have clearly depicted that ACE inhibitors effectively stop smooth muscle growth and intimal hyperplasia in vessel walls. Literature review shows conflicting results in terms of AVF patency when ACE inhibitors are used in conjunction. A study by Jackson RS and colleagues showed that ACE inhibitor were associated with reduced hazard ratio [HR], 0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.16-0.76; P = .008). Whereas, another study showed no role of ACE inhibitors in preventing graft failure. The possible explanation can be study designs as most studies were retrospective and effects of possible confounders. Moreover, there is lack of research in Pakistan to see the effects of pharmacological drugs on primary patency of AVF among CKD patients. The rationale of this study is to effectively establish the role of ACE inhibitors in achieving primary patency of AV fistulas while reducing the number of confounders. This will be the first randomized controlled trial conducted in Pakistan. The primary outcome is AVF patency at one year. Secondary outcomes will include graft complications and graft maturation time after surgery.
A patient with an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) receiving chronic hemodialysis (HD) treatment is cannulated 312 times a year on average. The patients cannot comply with dialysis treatment and the quality of life is decreased by pain when the fistula cannot be accessed with a single attempt. Sharp pain depends on the tear in the skin, the tissue where the sensitive nerve ends receptive to pain are located, and it is particularly important during AVF puncture. Also, punctures are accompanied by haemorrhages and frequent loss of blood.
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Zylox Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) for treatment of subjects presenting with de novo or non-stented restenotic obstructive lesion of native arteriovenous dialysis fistulae (AVF) in the upper extremity in China.
the long term survival of the chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients depends on the adequacy of dialysis via good vascular access. the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the preferred vascular access for hemodialysis. pre-operative evaluation and periodic monitoring of the AVF after creation with well-defined applied criteria by color doppler ultrasound (CDUS) will help to reduce rate of access failure and achieve better cumulative patency rate of fistulas.
The aims of this study are to: - Determine the AVF (arteriovenous fistula) survival of patients submitted to MuST compared to those submitted to RL (rope-ladder). - Determine the AVF (arteriovenous fistula) complication rate of patients submitted to MuST compared to those submitted to RL (rope-ladder). - Analyze the intensity of pain perceived by the patient with each cannulation technique under study.
The arteriovenous fistula creation (AVF creation) surgery is essential among patients with end stage renal disease who require hemodialysis. The fistula usually locates at forearm, and is created by connecting artery and vein through surgery. Patients undergone hemodialysis through the fistula six weeks later if fistula becoming mature, which means patent vessel diameter and enough flow for hemodialysis. The primary failure rate of arteriovenous fistula creation is about 20% to 40% according to previous research data. Thrombosis is the most common cause of fistula failure, which require surgical intervention after arteriovenous fistula surgery. Anesthetic technique influences surgical outcome of arteriovenous fistula. General anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and local anesthesia are both wide-used methods. Regional anesthesia with nerve block remains the most popular method for arteriovenous fistula creation. The vessel dilation effect of regional anesthesia helps not only dilatation of artery and vein, but also the fistula itself, and promotes the successful functional dialysis. Various type of nerve block are used as anesthetic method for AVF creation surgery. People requiring hemodialysis usually have multiple underlying disease involving other major organ such as heart, lung, liver, and the endocrine system. They are more vulnerable to systemic intravenous anesthetic medication. The metabolic rate and pharmacodynamics of local anesthetic may also alter due to multiple systemic disease when compared with healthy adults. The optimal concentration of lidocaine for AVF creation when using axillary block has not yet been studied. This research is conducted for dosing response of different concentration of lidocaine when using axillary block for AVF creation surgery. We aim to investigate the optimal low effective concentration, the MEC90, which defined as 90% of patients can tolerate the operation at this concentration.
A prospective, multi-center, randomized (1:1) clinical study evaluating the FLEX Vessel Prep device plus percutaneous angioplasty (PTA) (study arm) vs PTA alone (control arm) for the treatment of obstructive lesions in the native arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is of paramount importance to human brain function, as the brain relies on a continuous blood supply to meet its energy needs. Blockage of a cerebral blood vessel during neurosurgery, even if transient and short-lived, may result in irreversible brain tissue damage (i.e. stroke) and loss of cortical function, if not identified quickly enough. Laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) has been demonstrated to provide the ability to visualize flow in vessels in real time and continuously without the need for contrast agents. In LSCI, the tissue of interest is illuminated with low power laser light at red or near infrared wavelengths and the light reflected from the tissue surface is imaged onto a camera. The resulting images are laser speckle patterns and a computer processes the images to produce speckle contrast images, which are images of the motion within the field of view (ie, blood flow). The purpose of this clinical investigation is to assess the usefulness and accuracy of LSCI compared to ICGA and/or FA during neurovascular surgery. LSCI videos will be recorded automatically intraoperatively in each patient before, during, and after ICGA and/or FA in the same surgical field of view to guarantee comparability of the methods.