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Shortly after opening its doors to provide vascular access care to dialysis patients, Los Angeles Vascular Access Center (LAVAC), decided to expand its procedures to treat other disease conditions prevalent in the dialysis patient population. Today about 10 percent of its revenues come from non-vascular access care and many patients have benefited from this decision in very significant ways.More...
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VND has the potential to be a very costly complication. Even under the best conditions a patient may experience this frightening incident. Prompt recognition and response may prevent it from developing into a disaster for everyone involved. Utilizing all of the resources available will provide a much needed security net. More...
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Common sense dictates the best strategy to keep vascular accesses functioning: surveillance. Checking in every treatment using observation and outside products can help clinics maintain the health of an access.More...
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Complications associated with dialysis may arise from machine malfunctions, poor design, defective products, adverse reactions to medications, alteration in the patient’s level of consciousness/condition, and human error/inattention. Venous needle dislodgement (VND) is a complication of hemodialysis that can range from minor blood loss to exsanguination (bleeding to death). More...
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Vascular access is an essential component of a kidney disease patient’s dialysis care. It literally connects patients to the dialysis machine to clean their blood. Vascular access clinics hope to change the renal care landscape by decreasing costs and improving the health of patients by treating vascular access directly and not as an afterthought.More...
