Vascular access type and mortality in haemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Haemodialysis patients have a high mortality rate. Part of this can be attributed to vascular access complications. Large retrospective studies have shown a higher mortality in patients dialysed with a catheter, which is mostly ascribed to infectious complications. Since we obser...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-01889-4 |