Dialysis Fistulas - Overview. 1  Hemodialysis fistulas are surgically created communications between the native artery and vein in an extremity. 2  Many patients who are not candidates for renal transplantation or those for whom a compatible donor cannot be secured are dependent on hemodialysis for their lifetime.
Remember the Maxwell House slogan, Good to the Last Drop? Of course you do, who could forget? Well, it is often claimed that Teddy Roosevelt, in 1907, coined the slogan after the coffee was served to him at the Hermitage, a famous Nashville resort that was originally Andrew Jackson's home.
A few tidbits about Maxwell House â A Nashville Banner article from 1907 quoted Teddy Roosevelt as saying of that famous cup of coffee: âThis is the kind of stuff I like to drink, by George, when I hunt bears.â Nothing about âgood to the last drop.â Though maybe that phrase didnât sound as quotable back then. Regardless, it was a big deal to have the president enjoying your brand of coffee, and in the days after Rooseveltâs visit, three different coffee companies in Nashville ran ads in the Banner claiming it was their java, not Maxwell Houseâs, that Teddy liked.