{
  "abstract": "Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the preferred surgical access for dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). AVF creation can be accomplished under brachial plexus blocks. Patients with ESKD often require anticoagulation due to increased thromboembolic risk. Anticoagulants complicate the perioperative period due to bleeding risks at surgical and regional anesthesia sites, but interrupting anticoagulation may increase thromboembolic risk.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Edinburg, Texas, USA",
        "Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Melissa Cruz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "James J Fitzgibbon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Abena-Appah Sampong"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Patrick Heindel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Lucinda R Holden-Wingate"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Division of Renal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Dirk M Hentschel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "C Keith Ozaki"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Felicity Billings"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Kamen Vlassakov"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mohamad Anas Hussain"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Safety of uninterrupted anticoagulation use in patients undergoing hemodialysis access creation with regional anesthesia: a research report",
  "uid": "ccf63764-92d5-5cc0-8e37-cdc9e86ba9ce"
}