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Hemodialysis Access Usage Patterns in the Incident Dialysis Year and Associated Catheter-Related Complications.

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Dialysis:Vascular access outcomes with daily haemodialysis

Nature Reviews Nephrology 8,680 (2012). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2012.223

Daily haemodialysis does not seem to increase the need for vascular access procedures (fistulagram,thrombectomy and access revision) over conventional haemodialysis,say researchers. Achinger and co-workers followed up 26 patients on daily haemodialysis (3 h six times weekly) and 51 patients on conventional haemodialysis (4

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Estimating the Total Incidence of Kidney Failure in Australia Including Individuals Who Are Not Treated by Dialysis or Transplantation.

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The Perspectives of Adults Living With Peritoneal Dialysis:Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

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Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in patients on dialysis:are the benefits worth the risks?

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Meeting the 2012 QIP (Quality Incentive Program) Clinical Measures:Strategies for Dialysis Centers.

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Effect of Cinacalcet on Cardiovascular Disease in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

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Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

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Epidemic of Iron Overload in Dialysis Population Caused by Intravenous Iron Products:A Plea for Moderation

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Hemodialysis Access Usage Patterns in the Incident Dialysis Year and Associated Catheter-Related Complications.

Dialysis:Vascular access outcomes with daily haemodialysis

Estimating the Total Incidence of Kidney Failure in Australia Including Individuals Who Are Not Treated by Dialysis or Transplantation.

The Perspectives of Adults Living With Peritoneal Dialysis:Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in patients on dialysis:are the benefits worth the risks?

Meeting the 2012 QIP (Quality Incentive Program) Clinical Measures:Strategies for Dialysis Centers.

Effect of Cinacalcet on Cardiovascular Disease in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

Epidemic of Iron Overload in Dialysis Population Caused by Intravenous Iron Products:A Plea for Moderation

DC37 fights dialysis privatization

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