ERRATUM
Volume 35 Issue 2 - Apr/Jun 2012
Erratum: Dialysis in the elderly patient: a challenge of the XXI century - narrative review
Diálise no paciente idoso: um de safio do século XXI - revisão narrativa
Marcia Regina Gianotti Franco, Natália Maria da Silva Fernandes
On Page 138, the paragraph below:
Therefore, today 'fistula first' is the main recommendation for all patients on HD.78 As far as location goes, some authors have shown that the most distal (radiocephalic), when compared to the brachiocephalic, have lower success rates in elderly patients (one year patency of 81% vs. 66%, respectively); AV fistulas in the arm have been considered.79
Should read:
Therefore, today 'fistula first' is the main recommendation for all patients on HD.78 As far as location goes, some authors have shown that the most distal (radiocephalic), when compared to the brachiocephalic, have lower success rates in elderly patients (one year patency of 66% vs. 81%, respectively); AV fistulas in the arm have been considered.79
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