Open AccessHealth status as a potential mediator of the association between hemodialysis vascular access and mortality
Author(s) -
Vanessa Grubbs,
Haimanot Wasse,
Eric Vittinghoff,
Barbara Grimes,
Kirsten L. Johansen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gft438
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , hazard ratio , catheter , arteriovenous fistula , dialysis , nephrology , dialysis catheter , proportional hazards model , central venous catheter , hemodialysis catheter , surgery , confidence interval
It is unknown whether the selection of healthier patients for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) placement explains higher observed catheter-associated mortality among elderly hemodialysis patients.
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