Tumblr (3.0; @angioaccesstours)http://www.angioaccesstours2010.org/<p>Vascular Access is required for a dialysis machine to be plugged into your blood stream.</p> <p>It is very important to get vascular access correct for you begin a program of dialysis.</p> <p>There are three main types of vascular access:</p> <p>Arteriovenous Fistuala</p> <p>This is the type of access least likely to form clots or get infected, but requires planning long before the dialysis takes place.</p> <p>A fistula is an opening between two parts of the body that are most often seperate. Therefore the surgeon joins a vein to an artery, which cause the vein to grow and strengthen allowing for more points of access for needles for blood dialysis.</p> <p>AV Graft</p> <p>This is where a surgeon puts a tube or graft into a vein for easier access to the blood stream. This type of Vascular Access is more likely to get infected than other, though does make for easier access.</p> <p>Veneous Catheter</p> <p>These types of Vascular Access is used when a more immediate dialysis is needed. It works by a catheter being inserted directly into a large vein and left so that blood dialysis can be performed more immediately.</p>http://www.angioaccesstours2010.org/post/1075844005http://www.angioaccesstours2010.org/post/1075844005Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:35:43 -0400