Monitoring Your Fistula

These resources will help you learn to monitor your own fistula:

Phase 2: AAKP Patient Plan
57-page book, Access and Initiation, offers tips on what you can watch out and check for during a dialysis treatment on pages 6-7. From the AAKP.

Just the Facts: Vascular Access
2-page fact sheet talks about what you can do during dialysis to protect your access, with sample questions you can ask your care team. From Life Options (MEI).

Putting "U" in Fistula
12-page newsletter tells you how to prepare your access site at dialysis, and how to track your venous blood pressure at each treatment to help prevent clotting. A sample pressure chart is included. From ESRD Network 12 (the Heartland Kidney Network).

Maintaining Your Lifeline
12-page newsletter covers why you might want to track your venous pressure at each treatment to help prevent clotting. A sample chart is included. From ESRD Network12.

Navigating the Vascular "SEAS" - Self-Assessment Exam of Access - Simplified
Illustrated, 26-page patient guide gives you tips about how to become an expert about your own fistula. From ESRD Network 12 (the Heartland Kidney Network).