Clemente Neves Sousa, PhD, RN, is a professor at the Porto School of Nursing, Portugal. He is a researcher at RISE Health. He develops research projects on vascular access in dialysis and has published numerous articles on vascular access, especially arteriovenous fistulas, hemodialysis, and clinical practice in nephrology nursing. He is the scientific coordinator of the Grupo de Estudos Vascular (GEV) - Vascular Access Center. He is President of the Portuguese Association of Dialysis and Transplant Nurses and a member of the Brazilian Nephrology Nurses Association and the European Association of Dialysis and Transplant Nurses/European Association of Renal Care. He is a board member of the Vascular Access Society and the Renal Health Professionals Working Group. He is a member of the International Society of Nephrology.

Nurten Ozen, PhD, MSc, RN, is an Associate Professor at Istanbul University Faculty of Nursing in Turkey. Dr. Ozen completed her master and PhD degrees at Gulhane Military Medical Academy School of Nursing in Turkey. She has published articles on vascular access, especially arteriovenous fistulas, and haemodialysis. She is a certified hemodialysis nurse and specializes in vascular access. Dr. Ozen is serving as a member of Vascular Access Society (member of research and education committee), Turkish Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Nursery Association, Turkish Society of Clinical Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition, Turkish Association of Critical Care Nurses, Critical Care Doctoral European Nurses Group (Critical Care DEN) and European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Associations (EfCCNa).

Paulo Teles, Ph.D., is a professor at the School of Economics of the University of Porto, Portugal. He is a researcher at LIAAD-INESC Porto LA. His research interests include renal disease, clinical practice in nephrology, haemodialysis, vascular access, particularly the arteriovenous fistula. He published numerous articles on these issues and supervised research on Chronic renal disease and dialysis.

Preface.- Introduction to the book.- Chapter 1. History and model of AVF care.- Chapter 2. Creation of AVF.- Chapter 3. Physical examination.- Chapter 4. AVF complications.- Chapter 5. Monitoring and surveillance of AVF.- Chapter 6. Puncture methods.- Chapter 7. Complications of AVF puncture.- Chapter 8. Point-of-care Ultrasound for AVF.- Chapter 9. Self-care behaviours with AVF.