Screening for dialysis access graft malfunction: comparison of physical examination with US

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Trerotola, Scott O ^a,b   Scheel Jr , Paul J ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a   Prescott, Carol ^a   Feeley, Nancy ^a   He, Jiang ^a   Watson, Alan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis, shunts; Ultrasound (US), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029690931     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(96)70726-1     Document Type: Article

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