Role of interventional nephrology in dialysis access management.

Interventional nephrology is an area of medicine under the subspecialty of nephrology that provides improved vascular access care for dialysis patients. Since vascular access issues are a major cause of hospitalization in dialysis patients, interventional nephrologists help reduce hospitalization rates and costs, providing focused and economical medical care. A case has been presented at the end that highlights some management principles of vascular accesses. We also present a comprehensive review of recent data regarding trends in dialysis access management.