Dialysis Access Ultrasound and Pathologies Module

Release date: March 2023

Expiration date: March 2025

Estimated time to complete activity: 0.5 hours

Method of Participation

For ASDIN members, there are no fees for participating in and receiving credit for this activity. For nonmembers, there is a fee of $100.00.

During the period March 2023 through March 2025, participants must:
1) read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures, 2) study the educational activity, 3) complete the posttest by recording the best answer to each question, and 4) complete the evaluation form.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form at the end of the module. Statements of credit will be issued via email following the completion of the module.

This activity is jointly provided by Medical Education Resources and American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN)

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of Clinical nephrologist interested in optimizing dialysis access care; established and aspiring interventional nephrologists, fellow and residents, nephrology or advanced-practice nurses involved in dialysis patient care of vascular access management, radiological technologists, and dialysis technologists who wish to integrate various aspects of ultrasound within their practice.

Statement of Need/Program Overview

Health providers in renal care and dialysis access who have an interest in ultrasound, dialysis access ultrasound, and POCUS require basic education in the field in order to utilize the technology appropriately. This program hopes to address the need for awareness of basic ultrasound didactic education to support use of technology in various aspects of patient care. The desired outcome of this program is to improve appropriate utilization of ultrasound in various dialysis and renal settings which in turn will improve patient care outcomes.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this activity, the participant should be better able to:

· Recognize how patent arteriovenous fistulas and graft look on ultrasound

· Describe the types of access pathologies that may be readily identified by ultrasound

· Contrast the differences between aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms

· Describe the appearances and significance of the different types of fluid collections that may be seen surrounding an access on ultrasound.

Faculty

Vicki Teodorescu, MD, MBA, RVT, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Department of Surgery,
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA