Assessment of access recirculation (AR) is crucial to dialysis efficiency and there is thus a need for a method yielding a highly accurate, fast, easy and economical measurement that can be applied in any busy dialysis clinic. Non-urea based dilutional methods are more accurate than urea based methods and avoid problems with cardiopulmonary recirculation, but they require expensive specialized devices, which limit their applicability.
Potassium-based dilutional method to measure hemodialysis access recirculation / D. Brancaccio, N. Tessitore, P. Carpani, L. Gammaro, B. Losi, U. Zoni, G. Maschio, M. Gallieni. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS. - ISSN 0391-3988. - 24:9(2001 Sep), pp. 606-613.
Potassium-based dilutional method to measure hemodialysis access recirculation
D. BrancaccioPrimo
;M. GallieniUltimo
2001
Abstract
Assessment of access recirculation (AR) is crucial to dialysis efficiency and there is thus a need for a method yielding a highly accurate, fast, easy and economical measurement that can be applied in any busy dialysis clinic. Non-urea based dilutional methods are more accurate than urea based methods and avoid problems with cardiopulmonary recirculation, but they require expensive specialized devices, which limit their applicability.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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