Implementation of a vascular access quality programme improves vascular access care

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1628-1632

  van Loon, M ^a   van der Mark, W ^b   Beukers, N ^c   de Bruin, C ^c   Blankestijn, P J ^b   Huisman, R M ^c   Zijlstra, J J ^d   van der Sande, F M ^a   Tordoir, J H M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Hospital Midden Twente Hengelo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Preemptive intervention; Surveillance; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MORBIDITY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; SURGICAL PATIENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447545906     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm076     Document Type: Article

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