Access monitoring does not really improve outcomes

Blood Purification

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-56

  Paulson, William D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access surveillance; Blood flow; Blood vessel prosthesis; Hemodialysis; Stenosis; Synthetic graft; Thrombosis; Vascular access; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COST OF ILLNESS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TURBULENT FLOW; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN DIAMETER;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 11444255023     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082011     Document Type: Review

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