Randomized Trials in Hemodialysis Patients

摘要

HEMODIALYSIS REQUIRES A RELIABLE CONDUIT TO transport blood from the patient to the dialysis apparatus and back again, which is usually termed "vascular access." Establishing and maintaining vascular access is time-consuming, difficult, and expensive?access creation and complications are the most common causes of hospital admissions in patients with end-stage renal disease,1 at an estimated annual cost of more than Dollars 1 billion in the United States alone.2 Accordingly, vascular access has been termed the "Achilles' heel" of hemodialysis# #1 Dollars 1001N200307007Dollars 1200