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Michael Allon
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 254
Citations - 21901
Michael Allon is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hemodialysis & Arteriovenous fistula. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 247 publications receiving 19500 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Allon include Montana State University & University of Oklahoma.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Leonard A. Mermel,Michael Allon,Emilio Bouza,Donald E. Craven,Patricia M. Flynn,Issam I Raad,Bart J. A. Rijnders,Robert J. Sherertz,David K. Warren,North Carolina +9 more
TL;DR: These updated guidelines replace the previous management guidelines published in 2001 and are intended for use by health care providers who care for patients who either have these infections or may be at risk for them.
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Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis
Garabed Eknoyan,Gerald J. Beck,Alfred K. Cheung,John T. Daugirdas,Tom Greene,John W. Kusek,Michael Allon,James L. Bailey,James A. Delmez,Thomas A. Depner,Johanna T. Dwyer,Andrew S. Levey,Nathan W. Levin,Edgar L. Milford,Daniel B. Ornt,Michael V. Rocco,Gerald Schulman,Steve J. Schwab,Brendan P. Teehan,Robert D. Toto +19 more
TL;DR: Patients undergoing hemodialysis thrice weekly appear to have no major benefit from a higher dialysis dose than that recommended by current U.S. guidelines or from the use of a high-flux membrane.
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KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update.
Charmaine E. Lok,Thomas S. Huber,Timmy Lee,Surendra Shenoy,Alexander S. Yevzlin,Kenneth Abreo,Michael Allon,Arif Asif,Brad C. Astor,Marc H. Glickman,Janet Graham,Louise Moist,Dheeraj K. Rajan,Cynthia Roberts,Tushar J. Vachharajani,Rudolph P. Valentini +15 more
TL;DR: The 2019 update to the KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access is a comprehensive document intended to assist multidisciplinary practitioners care for chronic kidney disease patients and their vascular access.
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Increasing arteriovenous fistulas in hemodialysis patients: Problems and solutions
Michael Allon,Michelle L. Robbin +1 more
TL;DR: Implementing these measures is likely to increase the prevalence of fistulas in any given dialysis unit, however, differences among dialysis units are likely to persist because of differences in gender, race, and co-morbidity mix of the patient population.
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Effect of Clopidogrel on Early Failure of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Laura M. Dember,Gerald J. Beck,Michael Allon,James A. Delmez,Bradley S. Dixon,Arthur Greenberg,Jonathan Himmelfarb,Miguel A. Vazquez,Jennifer J. Gassman,Tom Greene,Milena Radeva,Gregory Braden,T. Alp Ikizler,Michael V. Rocco,Ingemar Davidson,James S. Kaufman,Catherine M. Meyers,John W. Kusek,Harold I. Feldman +18 more
TL;DR: Clopidogrel reduces the frequency of early thrombosis of new arteriovenous fistulas but does not increase the proportion of fistulas that become suitable for dialysis.