Avtor/Urednik     Carli, Tanja; Pintar, Tadeja; Godnov, Uroš
Naslov     Screening needs and expectations of patients with vascular access due to chronic hemodialysis
Tip     članek
Vol. in št.     Letnik 6, št. 3
Leto izdaje     2016
Obseg     str. 1-4
ISSN     1986-8049 - Journal of Health Sciences : Sarajevo (Online version)
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     There is a lack of data about daily diffi culties and life quality, especially among young patients having arteriovenous fi stula (AVF) affected by pseudoaneurysm. In this retrospective cohort study, 195 patients with AVF were followed up from May to June 2015. An unstandardized questionnaire was used for the evaluation of patients' screening needs and expectations. Retired married men in their sixties, with com- pleted secondary education, represented the majority of patients with AVF in this study. The patients had a positive attitude towards the disease and AVF, and they received the majority of information related to the care and treatment of AVF from the medical personnel and doctors in selected dialysis centers. Employed, well-educated single men, aged between 21 and 40 years, had the highest interest in hav- ing an aesthetic correction of AVF, especially due to the formation of pseudoaneurysm at the AVF site. Establishment of rules for reconstructive procedures of AVF, once circulatory and hemodynamic stability is achieved after renal transplantation, is suggested in addition to establishing criteria for determining vascular access affected by pseudoaneurysm.
Proste vsebinske oznake     chronic kidney disease
hemodialysis
vascular access
kronična ledvična bolezen
hemodializa
žilni dostop