Are high flow arteriovenous accesses associated with worse haemodialysis?

ABSTRACT Introduction: An arteriovenous (AV) access flow (Qa) of 400 mL/min is usually sufficient for an effective hemodialysis (HD), but some accesses continue developing and become high flow accesses (HFA). Some authors postulated that an HFA might shift a significant portion of dialyzed blood fr...

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Main Authors: Ivo Laranjinha, Patrícia Matias, Ana Azevedo, David Navarro, Carina Ferreira, Tiago Amaral, Marco Mendes, Inês Aires, Cristina Jorge, Célia Gil, Anibal Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2018-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005012102&lng=en&tlng=en