Epidemiology of hemodialysis vascular access infections from longitudinal infection surveillance data: Predicting the impact of NKF-DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access

National Kidney Foundation-Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF-DOQI) Vascular Access Guidelines 29 (40% of prevalent patients should have a native fistula) and 30 ( tunneled catheters > AV grafts > AV fistulae). Furthermore, they strongly support the role of these NKF-DOQI guidelines in...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of kidney diseases 2002-03, Vol.39 (3), p.549-555
Hauptverfasser: Stevenson, Kurt B., Hannah, Elizabeth L., Lowder, Connie A., Adcox, Michael J., Davidson, Robert L., Mallea, Michael C., Narasimhan, Nagraj, Wagnild, Jon P.
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Zusammenfassung:National Kidney Foundation-Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF-DOQI) Vascular Access Guidelines 29 (40% of prevalent patients should have a native fistula) and 30 ( tunneled catheters > AV grafts > AV fistulae). Furthermore, they strongly support the role of these NKF-DOQI guidelines in preventing infectious complications attributed to vascular access. © 2002 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
ISSN:0272-6386
1523-6838
DOI:10.1053/ajkd.2002.31405