Should fistulas really be first in the elderly patient?

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Richardson II, Albert I ^a   Leake, Andrew ^a   Schmieder, Gregory C ^a   Biuckians, Andre ^a   Stokes, Gordon K ^a   Panneton, Jean M ^b   Glickman, Marc H ^a,b,c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Vascular Access Society of the Americas   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Elderly; Patency; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; AGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 70350732701     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112972980901000311     Document Type: Article

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