Controversial vascular access surveillance mandate

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-94

  Paulson, William D ^a,b   Work, Jack ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950276916     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2009.00682.x     Document Type: Note

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