At the time of this writing, we are in the midst of a full-blown pandemic – the likes
of which none of us have seen in our lifetimes. It is in times such as these that
our profession and the care of our patients is seen through an unfiltered lens. The
American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and the Vascular Access
Society of the Americas in an effort to protect the mainstay of our patients' access
to adequate dialytic care came together to publish a joint statement in March of 2020
sharing that maintaining dialysis accesses “will be instrumental in maintaining health
and survival for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) as well as protecting
hospitals from an eventual wave of high urgency/emergency procedures to deal with
lost dialysis accesses.” Dialysis access truly is the lifeline of our patients – the
infamous “Achilles Heel,” and in these dire times, our patients' need for a reliable,
low-risk access becomes blatantly obvious. It has never been clearer to us than in
the present, that now is the time to promote current and proposed innovation in this
field. The time is ripe and need is palpable.
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