Comorbidity Number Percentage (%) Median age (years) Angina 1845 16.9 71.3 MI in past 3 months 339 3.1 70.7 MI > 3 months ago 1304 11.9 70.8 CABG/ angioplasty 837…
Fig. 6.1 Numbers of dialysis patients and their aging (Modified from Ref. [3]. The data reported here have been provided by the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT). The interpretation…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sherene Shalhub, Anahita Dua and Susanna Shin (eds.)Hemodialysis Access10.1007/978-3-319-40061-7_7 7. Hemodialysis Access: Fundamentals and Advanced Management, the Experience in Taiwan Shang-Feng Yang1, 3, Kuo-Hua Lee2, 3 and Chih-Ching Lin2, 3 (1) Division of Nephrology,…
Fig. 2.1 Vascular access use at the initiation of dialysis. Eighty percent of patients initiate dialysis with a catheter Complications of Catheter Use In 2011, USRDS reported that 51 %…
Description CPT code 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Cephalic transposition 36818 18.75 19.07 20.8 20.57 20.45 19.64 20.36 Basilic transposition 36819 21.98 22.71 24.77 22.74 22.46 21.57 21.56…
I. Improve bladder emptying Cellular therapy: Intradetrusor application stem cells Reduction cystoplasty: Resection of bladder dome reduces capacity by up to 80 % in some cases Bladder myoplasty: Microneurovascular free…
Fig. 3.1 (a–c) Normal-size bladder capacity in three patients on contrast-filled cystogram. (d) Cystogram of underactive bladder in a 54-year-old woman with bladder capacity over 1,200 ml and PVR of…
Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) (Interstim, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) Direct stimulation to the sacral nerve roots; the Brindley device (Finetech Medical, Hertfordshire, UK) Pudendal nerve interruption or blockade; Tai procedure…
Fig. 4.1 Neurophysiology of the lower urinary tract Neuron reflexes guiding the voiding are mediated by a spinobulbospinal pathway passing through the pontine micturition center in the brainstem (Tyagi et…
Fig. 5.1 Urethral indwelling catheter Fig. 5.2 Suprapubic indwelling catheter Table 5.1 Complications of indwelling catheterization Complication Prevention Bacteriuria – most patients with long-term catheterizations develop bacteriuria. The incidence is…
