Type of vascular access and mortality in U.S. hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1443-1451

  Dhingra, Rajnish K ^a,b,c   Young, Eric W ^a,b,c   Hulbert Shearon, T E ^a,b,c   Leavey, Sean F ^a,b,c   Port, Friedrich K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Arteriovenous graft; Cardiac death; Central venous catheter; Diabetes mellitus; Dialysis; End stage renal disease; Mortality; USRDS study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0034786004     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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