The overall goal of this activity is to improve patient care by presenting common scenarios encountered during treatment of dialysis accesses and using best practice guidelines to optimize access function. Additional, to recognize common potential pitfalls during intervention and avoid these.

The course includes two dialysis cases. Using a branching scenario approach, the course taker is given immediate feedback on potential treatment options and the rationale behind why a treatment choice is correct or incorrect.

Learning Objectives

• Describe what findings on physical exam and how the access type can be used to determine the most likely problem before the case begins
• Identify how and when to perform balloon assisted maturation
• Choose when to treat central venous stenosis

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) is accredited by the ACCME to provide medical education for physicians.

SIR designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program will be approved for a maximum of 1.00 self-assessment CME credits (SA-CME) by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). SIR is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The SA-CME offered within this enduring material meet the ABR’s criteria for a self-assessment toward the purpose of fulfilling requirements in the ABR Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program.