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Maintaining a viable vascular access for hemodialysis in an elderly person with diabetes: a journey to live, not just to stay alive

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posted on 2023-05-22, 02:40 authored by Cowan, D, Lindsay SmithLindsay Smith, Josephine ChowJosephine Chow
Key Clinical Message The longevity of a successful vascular access (VA) is enhanced when the care of the patient's VA is the responsibility of everyone involved, including the patient and their family. A family nursing perspective enhances VA care outcomes and increases quality of life and well-being for patients requiring hemodialysis.

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Publication title

Clinical Case Reports

Volume

4

Pagination

203-208

ISSN

2050-0904

Department/School

School of Nursing

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2015 The Authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) not elsewhere classified

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    Keywords

    diabetesend-stage kidney diseasefamily nursinghemodialysisquality of lifevascular access

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