Archived Information for Change Concept #8
 

Tools, resources, documents and presentations on this page are for historical purposes and may not reflect the current recommendations and/or practice guidelines.

 

Tools/Resources

 

Summary of FFBI Buttonhole Technique Environmental Scan

 

AV Fistula Cannulation Resources for Staff

 

Literature

  1. The Arteriovenous Graft: How to Use It Effectively in the Dialysis Unit, by DJ Brouwer and P Peterson. From Neph News Issues 2002 Nov; pp 41-49.
     
  2. Cannulation Camp: Basic Needle Cannulation Training for Dialysis Staff, by Deborah J. Brouwer, RN, CNN. From Dialysis and Transplantation, Vol 24, No ll (November), 1995: pg 606.
     
  3.  Flipping or Rotating Fistula Needles, by Leslie Dinwiddie. From ANNA Journal, Readers’ Responses, Vol 24, No 5 (Oct), 1997: pp 559-560.
     
  4. Creation, Cannulation and Survival of Arteriovenous Fistulae: Data From the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study, by HC Rayner, RL Pisoni, BW Gillespie, DA Goodkin, T Akiba, T Akizawa, A Saito, EW Young and FK Port. From Kidney Int 2003 Jan; 63(1): pp 323-330.
     
  5. Fistula Cannulation: The Buttonhole Technique, by P Peterson. From Neph Nursing J 2002 Apr; 29(2): pg 195.
     
  6. Constant Site (Buttonhole) Method of Needle Insertion into AVF, by Zybult Twardowski. From Dialysis and Transplantation, Vol 24, No 10 (Oct), 1995: pp 559-576.
     
  7. Nursing Issues Related to Patient Selection, Vascular Access, and Education in Quotidian Hemodialysis, by Rosemary Leitch, Michaelene Ouwendyk, Evelyn Ferguson, Laurie Clement, Karen Peters, Paul Heidenheim, and Robert Lindsay. From American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2003 (July) Vol 42, No 1, Suppl 1: pp S56-S60. Discusses methods of Cannulation for patients with AVFs who are utilizing frequent Daily/Nocturnal Hemodialysis. The article reviews training methods, patient education and assessment for patient safety.
     
  8. Living Well on Dialysis, by Roome D. Mountain View Voice, 10 Aug 2001. As he celebrates 30 years in dialysis, one of the longest-living dialysis patients in the San Francisco Bay Area describes how taking control of his care has helped him live a long and healthy life.
     
  9. Detecting vascular access dysfunction, by Besarab A, Lubkowski T, Frinak S. Ramanathan S, Escobar F: ASAIO J 1997 Sep-Oct;43(5):M539-43.
     
  10. Physical examination of the dialysis vascular access, by Beathard GA. Seminars in Dialysis 1998 Jul-Aug;11(4):231-236.
     
  11. Interventions to promote fistula maturation, by Dinwiddie LC. Neph Nursing J 2002 Aug;29(4):377, 402.
     
  12. Impact of reintervention for failing upper extremity arteriovenous autogenous access for hemodialysis, by Hingorani A, Ascher E, Kallakuri S, Greenberg S, Khanimov Y. J Vasc Surg 2001 Dec;34:1004-9.
     
  13. Vascular access blood flow monitoring reduces access morbidity and costs, by McCarley P, Wingard RL, Shyr Y, Pettus W, Hakim RM, Ikizler TA. Kidney Int 2001 Sep;60(3):1164-72).

 

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