Basic steps for increasing the rate of autogenic vascular accesses for hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-243

  Salgado, Octavio J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Fistula maturation; Fistula monitoring; Graft placement; Hemodialysis; Salvage procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0038307264     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2003.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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