Treatment of dialysis access puncture wound bleeding with chitosan dressings

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 672-681

  Bachtell, Nathan ^a   Goodell, Teresa ^b   Grunkemeier, Gary ^a   Jin, Ruyun ^a   Gregory, Kenton ^c  

^a St John Providence Health System   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHITOSAN;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; VASCULAR ACCESS; WOUND HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34548540530     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dat.20065     Document Type: Article

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