Comparison of side hole versus non side hole high flow hemodialysis catheters

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Tal, Michael G ^a   Peixoto, Aldo J ^b   Crowley, Susan T ^b   Denbow, Neil ^a   Eliseo, Donna ^a   Pollak, Jeffrey ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Dialysis; Infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33144484210     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2006.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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