Ethical and legal obligation to avoid long-term tunneled catheter access

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 456-460

  Rehman, Raheela ^a   Schmidt, Rebecca J ^a   Moss, Alvin H ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; CATHETERIZATION; DIALYSIS CATHETER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TUNNELED CUFFED CATHETER; VASCULAR ACCESS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INDWELLING CATHETER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249089868     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03840808     Document Type: Short Survey

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