Vascular access hemorrhages contribute to deaths among hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 686-692

  Ellingson, Katherine D ^a   Palekar, Rakhee S ^a,b   Lucero, Cynthia A ^a   Kurkjian, Katherine M ^a,c   Chai, Shua J ^a,d   Schlossberg, Dana S ^d   Vincenti, Donna M ^e   Fink, Jeffrey C ^f   Davies Cole, John O ^d   Magri, Julie M ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^a   Patel, Priti R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dialysis; epidemiology and outcomes; vascular access

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATAL VASCULAR ACCESS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84865733851     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.185     Document Type: Article

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