Correlates of vascular access and nonvascular access-related hospitalizations in hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 118-123

  Ifudu, Onyekachi ^a   Mayers, Joan D ^a   Cohen, Linda S ^a   Paul, Henry ^a   Brezsnyak, William F ^b   Avram, Morrell M ^b   Herman, Allen I ^b   Friedman, Eli A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nephrology Foundation of Brooklyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Arteriovenous graft; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Hospitalization; Karnofsky; Nonvascular Access; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0030070490     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000168982     Document Type: Article

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