Dialysis access: An increasingly important clinical issue

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 851-856

  Gallieni, Maurizio ^a   Martini, Alma ^a   Mezzina, Nicoletta ^a  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

AV fistula; Catheter; Graft; Hemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEMODIALYZERS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AV FISTULA; CLINICAL CARE; CLINICAL ISSUES; END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROBLEMATIC ISSUES; VASCULAR ACCESS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

DIALYSIS;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PLACEBO;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULA THROMBOSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TREND STUDY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 74349130351     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903201203     Document Type: Review

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