Improving dialysis access: Regional anesthesia improves arteriovenous fistula prevalence

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 938-942

  Schenk III, Worthington G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANGIOACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 77957349765     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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