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Difficult Vascular Access

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Children with renal failure, with rare exception, inevitably experience failure of their hemodialysis access due to infection, clotting, stenosis, and/or thrombosis. Understanding the implications of these complications and how to plan for new access is key to providing sustainable dialysis in children.

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Brandt, M.L., Mills, J.L., Swartz, S.J. (2017). Difficult Vascular Access. In: Warady, B., Schaefer, F., Alexander, S. (eds) Pediatric Dialysis Case Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55147-0_13

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