Please select the option that best describes you:
Topics:
Nephrology • End stage kidney disease
Would you pursue temporary dialysis catheter placement followed by hemodialysis in a hospitalized patient with ESKD who is not able to undergo urgent fistula repair for a non-functioning fistula and receives gadolinium for a MRI study?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
There is no role for hd following the gad preparations we use these days .
Sign in or Register to read more
Answer from: at Academic Institution
No. I believe the risk of NSF is now low enough for one to just wait until the fistula is working again. I would not subject the patient to a line placement.