Randomized comparison of split tip versus step tip high-flow hemodialysis catheters

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 282-289

  Trerotola, Scott O ^a   Kraus, Michael ^a   Shah, Himanshu ^a   Namyslowski, Jan ^a   Johnson, Matthew S ^a   Stecker, Michael S ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^a   McLennan, Gordon ^a   Patel, Nilesh H ^a   O’brien, Elaine ^a   Lane, Kathleen A ^a   Ambrosius, Walter T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Central venous access; Dialysis catheters; Fibrin sheaths; Polyurethane catheter; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036314947     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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