Ultrafiltration in the treatment of severe congestive heart failure

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-272

  Grapsa, Eirini ^a   Alexopoulos, George P ^a   Margari, Zafeiria ^a   Terrovitis, John V ^a   Kontoyannis, Dimitrios A ^a   Nanas, John N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Dialysis; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRAFILTRATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3242676032     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:UROL.0000034633.95171.64     Document Type: Article

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