Fistula first is not always the best strategy for the elderly

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1297-1304

  De Silva, Ranil N ^a   Patibandla, Bhanu K ^a   Vin, Yael ^a   Narra, Akshita ^a   Chawla, Varun ^a   Brown, Robert S ^a   Goldfarb Rumyantzev, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84881112090     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012060632     Document Type: Article

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