Increasing arteriovenous fistulas in hemodialysis patients: Problems and solutions

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1109-1124

  Allon, Michael ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

A V fistula; Dialysis blood flow; End stage renal disease; Graft placement; Hemodialysis; Preoperative vascular mapping; Thrombosis; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; STENOSIS; SURGEON; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN;

EID: 0036379571     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00551.x     Document Type: Review

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