Training of surgeons in peritoneal dialysis catheter placement in the United States: A national survey

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1439-1446

  Wong, Leslie P ^a,b,c   Liebman, Scott E ^d   Wakefield, Katherine A ^e   Messing, Susan ^f  

^a Northwest Kidney Centers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Minor and James Medical   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS CATHETER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEPHROLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955736544     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.08751209     Document Type: Article

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