Possible DVT Leads to Downgraded IJ – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 48
Possible DVT Leads to Downgraded IJ describes a case where a hospital patient with difficult IV access and a medical history of renal failure requiring hemodialysis, was experiencing a gastrointestinal bleed and needed multiple blood transfusions. The patient’s...
Anxious Patient Needs Hemodialysis – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 42
Anxious Patient Needs Hemodialysis describes how Vascular Wellness helped an anxious patient, who needed extra time and assistance, to become calm enough for the nurse clinician to place a Vascath at the patient’s bedside so she could receive urgently needed...
Numerous IV Medications for Complex Patient – Nurse Clinicians in Action – 41
Numerous IV Medications for Complex Patient describes a case where a facility ordered a vascular access consult for a DIVA patient with End Stage Renal Disease who had several other serious conditions and needed vascular access for administration of numerous IV...
Making Dialysis Treatment Accessible
March is National Kidney Month and Vascular Wellness is making dialysis treatment accessible for all. This month, and every month, we focus on enabling better and faster access to treatment options such as Dialysis Catheters for patients with Kidney Disease. Kidney...
Vein Preservation in Patients with Kidney Disease
Patients with kidney disease and renal failure have limited vascular access routes, making vein preservation critically important. Gaining vascular access in these patients can be challenging due to stenosis – thickening, hardening, stiffening, and narrowing – of the veins.
