Open AccessPre dialysis care and types of vascular access employed in incident hemodialysis patients: A study from Pakistan
Author(s) -
Sumbal Nasir Mahmood,
Kunwer Naveed Mukhtar,
Nousheen Iqbal,
Syed Farrukh Umair
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.293.3385
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrology , hemodialysis , arteriovenous fistula , dialysis , vascular access , central venous catheter , hemodialysis access , catheter , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , surgery , physics , optics
To determine frequency of different vascular access use in Incident hemodialysis (HD) patients and determine whether predialysis care in terms of timely advice for vascular access placement was better in the hands of nephrologist.