Outpatient removal of tunneled dialysis catheters by nephrology fellows in training at a veterans affairs medical center

Journal of Vascular Access

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 340-344

  Dossabhoy, Neville R ^a,b   Sangha, Bhupinder ^a,b,e   Tapolyai, Mihály B ^c   Fülöp, Tibor ^d  

^a OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Complication; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Nephrology trainee education; Tunneled dialysis catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER REMOVAL; DIALYSIS CATHETER; EDUCATION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAINING; TUNNELED DIALYSIS CATHETER; VETERAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOVERNMENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; INDWELLING CATHETER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGISTS; NEPHROLOGY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84978683068     PISSN: 11297298     EISSN: 17246032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jva.5000571     Document Type: Article

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