Reducing blockage fails to improve access to the bloodstream for kidney dialysis
Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
Reducing early blockages in bloodstream access for kidney failure treatment does not increase the likelihood that the access will function adequately for long-term treatments, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Results were published May 14, 2008, in the Journal of the American Medical Association.