The risks of vascular access

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-625

  Blake, Peter G ^a   Quinn, Robert R ^b   Oliver, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; BACTEREMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CUFFED CATHETER; FATAL VASCULAR ACCESS HEMORRHAGE; HEMODIALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84865736197     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.181     Document Type: Note

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