Catheter access for hemodialysis defines higher mortality in late-presenting dialysis patients

Renal Failure

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1183-1188

  Raithatha, Ajay ^a   McKane, William ^a   Kendray, Debi ^a   Evans, Cariad ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter; Dialysis; Late referral; Mortality; Pre dialysis intervention; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 77958197933     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2010.517347     Document Type: Article

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