National Kidney Foundation releases guideline for vascular access in dialysis patients

The American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) has published the National Kidney Foundation’s KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update, a completely revamped set of 26 individual guidelines for clinicians that focuses on dialysis access choices tailored to individual patients’…
PEARLS: A mnemonic to help handle adversity

There is accumulating evidence that adverse clinical outcomes have a negative impact on the clinician. As vascular surgeons, we are particularly vulnerable to feelings of guilt, shame and self-doubt when we are confronted by a complication related to our actions.…

