Chronic central venous catheters for dialysis and the ash split cath® catheter: Rationale and clinical experience

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2004, Pages 128-152

  Ash, Stephen R ^a,b,c  

^a HemoCleanse Incorporated   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 1342268952     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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