Multidisciplinary management of vascular access for haemodialysis: From the preparation of the initial access to the treatment of stenosis and thrombosis;Multidisziplinäres management von gefäßzugängen zur hämodialyse

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 188-198

  Reinhold, C ^a   Haage, P ^b   Hollenbeck, M ^a   Mickley, V ^c   Ranft, J ^a  

^a Knappschaft skrankenhaus Bottrop ^*  (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c Department of Vascular Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Preparation; Stenosis; Thrombosis; Ultrasound; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; PLACEBO; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHAN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ACCESS STENOSIS; ANEURYSM; ARTERIOVENOUS ACCESS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEPHALIC VEIN; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOREARM; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT THROMBOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB ISCHEMIA; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STENOSIS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959302167     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000093     Document Type: Review

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