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Increased Hemodialysis Catheter Use in Canada and Associated Mortality Risk

Author(s) -

Louise Moist,

Lilyanna Trpeski,

Yingbo Na,

Charmaine E. Lok

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01240308

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , catheter , observational study , dialysis , hemodialysis catheter , referral , fistula , body mass index , renal replacement therapy , etiology , surgery , emergency medicine , confidence interval , family medicine

The 1999 Canadian vascular access guidelines recommend the fistula as the access of choice. The study describes the trends in hemodialysis access use, variation among provinces, and the association with mortality from 2001 to 2004.

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