**Vascular Access for Hemodialysis**

Ivica Maleta, Božidar Vujičić, Iva Mesaroš Devčić and Sanjin Rački

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**1. Introduction** 

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> Patients with acute kidney failure (AKF) and chronic kidney failure (CKF) require an appropriate vascular access for hemodialysis [1]. Vascular access is needed to allow blood flow through an extracorporeal circulation system with a blood pump connected to a hemodialysis monitor driving the blood through a dialysis filter (dialysator). Satisfactory levels of blood flow range between 300 and 400 mL/min.

> The need for vascular access in patients with kidney failure may be temporary or permanent [2].
