Arteriovenous fistula placement in the elderly: When is the optimal time?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 448-456

  Hod, Tammy ^a   Patibandla, Bhanu K ^b   Vin, Yael ^a   Brown, Robert S ^a   Goldfarb Rumyantzev, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS; AGE; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

EID: 84923882089     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013070740     Document Type: Article

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