Bedside screening for fistula stenosis should be tailored to the site of the arteriovenous anastomosis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1073-1080

  Tessitore, Nicola ^a   Bedogna, Valeria ^a   Lipari, Giovanni ^b   Melill, Edoardo ^a   Mantovani, William ^c   Baggio, Elda ^b   Lupo, Antonio ^a   Mansueto, Giancarlo ^d   Poli, Albino ^c  

^a Emodialisi Borgo Roma UOC Nefrologia e Dialisi dU   (Italy)

^b USO Chirurgia Vascolare UOC Chirurgia B dU   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS BLOOD FLOW RATE; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BEDSIDE SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIALYSIS BLOOD PUMP FLOW; ELBOW; FEMALE; FISTULA STENOSIS; FOREARM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79957888454     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06230710     Document Type: Article

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