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National AV Fistula Rate Reaches 55.5% in May 2010

Patients

Welcome to the Fistula First website. You're about to begin a journey toward living a good life with kidney failure. Along your way, you'll make choices about your care, like which type of vascular access to use if you choose hemodialysis. This website can help you make a wise choice. All tools are available for free, to print and distribute as needed.

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FFBI Clinical Consultants

Jay Wish, MD
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Michael Lilly, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Healthcare Professionals

Welcome to the Fistula First website. This website contains information on best practices and tools and resources you can use to help you increase your AV fistula rates. All tools are available for free, to print and distribute as needed. If you need a starting point that includes a variety of information for a particular specialty, click on the links below. You can also go directly to tools, literature and other sections of interest.