A modified lateral technique for the insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheters enabling immediate start of dialysis

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-331

  Stegmayr, Bernd G ^a   Wikdahl, Ann Marie ^a   Arnerlöv, Conny ^a   Petersen, Erling ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE;

BED REST; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031904392     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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