CONTENTS
FOREWORD.7
INTRODUCTION.9
HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED METHODS OF VESSEL ACCESS
FOR HEMODIALYSIS.13
METHODS OF VESSEL ACCESS.19
ANESTHESIA FOR VASCULAR ACCESS.21
Dr. Velimir Papazov, Dr. Mariana Kraeva
TEMPORARY VESSEL ACCESS .33
Assoc. Dr. Emil Pascalev
PERMCATH CATHETER IMPLANTATION.49
EXTERNAL ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNTS.5
PERMANENT VESSEL ACCESS.63
COMPLICATIONS IN ARTERIO-VENOUS FISTULAS. 77
MONITORING OF AVF.85
SECONDARY METHODS OF VESSEL ACCESS.93
CUBITAL ARTERIO-VENOUS ANASTOMOSES. 101
TRANSPOSITION OF V. BASILICA.105
"REVERSA" ARTERIO-VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS.117
VASCULAR PROSTHESIS.123
MONITORING OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES. 151
DRUG PREVENTION OF THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF VASCULAR ACCESS.157
VASCULAR ACCESS IN CHILDREN. 161
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS.169