American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 276-283, February 2007

Predictors of Delayed Transition From Central Venous Catheter Use to Permanent Vascular Access Among ESRD Patients

Division of Nephrology, Emory University; Division of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD; and Division of Nephrology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.

Received 6 September 2006; accepted 10 November 2006. published online 30 December 2006.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.11.030 on December 27, 2006.

 Support: This work was supported in part by a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award K23 DK65634 (H.W). Potential conflicts of interest: None.

PII: S0272-6386(06)01704-5

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.11.030

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 276-283, February 2007