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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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DC37 fights dialysis privatization

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