National profile of practice patterns for hemodialysis vascular access in the United States

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2117-2124

  Reddan, Donal ^a   Klassen, Preston ^a   Frankenfield, Diane L ^a   Szczech, Lynda ^a   Schwab, Steve ^a   Coladonato, Joseph ^a   Rocco, Michael ^a   Lowrie, Edmund G ^a   Owen, William F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0036063614     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000022422.79790.A8     Document Type: Article

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