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Research on surgery reported by G.W. Barone et al

Published in Hospital Business Week, November 4th, 2007

Scientists discuss in 'Hemodialysis access success: beyond the operating room' new findings in surgery. "' Publication of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Guidelines has reinforced an already increased focus within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) on arteriovenous (AV) hemodialysis (HD) vascular access. Meeting these KDOQI goals has been the responsibility of individual VHA centers," researchers in the United States report.

"We responded by organizing a dedicated HD AV clinic to provide preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up. The records of 130 patients referred from January 2004 through June 2006 to our AV HD clinic were...

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