Access flow measurement as a predictor of hemodialysis graft thrombosis: Making clinical decisions

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-185

  Krivitski, Nikolai M ^a   Gantela, Swaroop ^a  

^a TRANSONIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035345973     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139X.2001.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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