Effects of starting hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula or central venous catheter compared with peritoneal dialysis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although several studies have demonstrated early survival advantages with peritoneal dialysis (PD) over hemodialysis (HD), the reason for the excess mortality observed among incident HD patients remains to be established, to our knowledge. This study explores the relationship between mor...

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Main Authors: Coentrão, Luis, Santos-Araújo, Carla, Dias, Claudia, Neto, Ricardo, Pestana, Manuel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476986/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916962
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-88
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