Preventing vascular access dysfunction: Which policy to follow

Blood Purification

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-35

  Besarab, Anatole ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Monitoring and surveillance; Policy; Vascular access for hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; ECONOMICS; INDWELLING CATHETER; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR PATENCY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036007328     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046982     Document Type: Article

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