Training Nephrology Fellows in Temporary Hemodialysis Catheter Placement and Kidney Biopsies is Needed and Should be Required.

Abstract

Proficiency in performing percutaneous kidney biopsies and placing temporary vascular access for hemodialysis (nontunneled catheters) has been a requirement of nephrology fellowship training in the United States since at least the 1980s. A lot has changed since then, but in my opinion, the need to