Can the National Kidney Foundation Guidelines for First-Time Arteriovenous Fistula Creation Be Met in Underserved End-Stage Renal Disease Patients?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-10

  Yaghoubian, Arezou ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^a   de Virgilio, Christian ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION GUIDELINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 37749030193     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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