20 million Americans are affected by kidney failure and another 20 million are at risk of kidney failure. This book will explain what the kidneys do and what happens when they stop working. Without a kidney transplant, or while waiting for a kidney transplant, people with kidney failure need dialysis to do the work the kidneys can no longer do. But first, they must have a dialysis access allowing the dialysis team to access the veins to remove the blood and fluids, clean the blood, then return the blood to the body. This process is called dialysis. Simply put, dialysis access is the means by...