Who should be referred for a fistula? A survey of nephrologists

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2644-2651

  Xi, Wang ^a   MacNab, Jennifer ^a   Lok, Charmaine E ^b   Lee, Timmy C ^c   Maya, Ivan D ^d   Mokrzycki, Michele H ^e   Moist, Louise M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriovenous fistula; central venous catheter; haemodialysis; vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNULATION; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAINDICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954797517     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq064     Document Type: Article

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