Improving arteriovenous fistula construction: Fistula first initiative

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Besarab, Anatole ^a   Brouwer, Deborah ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Renal Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 14844295975     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1492-7535.2004.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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