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Below what ejection fraction would you avoid referral for AV access creation in a patient with advanced CKD and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?

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Do you recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for an ESKD patient with a tunneled dialysis catheter who is planned for a dental procedure?

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Would you recommend AV fistula placement in a CKD Stage 5 patient who is over the age of 80?

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Do you advise patients to limit physical exertion including lifting heavy objects following a kidney biopsy?

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Kidney Int, 2019 Jan

Hemodialysis vascular access in the elderly-getting it right.

Circulation, 2008 Jun 09

Bacteremia associated with toothbrushing and dental extraction.

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 1999 May-Jun

Prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to dental treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 2004 Jun

Antibiotic prophylaxis in dialysis patients undergoing invasive dental treatment.

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