Hemodialysis access: A guide for caregivers and patients

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Merrill, Donna ^a   Brouwer, Deborah ^b   Briones, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Renal Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVER; CATHETER; CLEANING; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 23644432629     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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