Timing of first cannulation of arteriovenous fistula: Are we waiting too long?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 688-690

  Saran, Rajiv ^a,b,c   Pisoni, Ronald L ^a   Young, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; DOPPS; First cannulation; Haemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CANNULATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144404228     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh730     Document Type: Article

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