Hemodialysis access blood flow rates can be measured by a differential conductivity technique and are predictive of access clotting

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-482

  Lindsay, Robert M ^a   Blake, Peter G ^b   Malek, Phyllis ^b   Posen, Gerald ^b   Martin, Brenda ^b   Bradfield, Edward ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access clotting; Access flow; Access recirculation; Blood access; Differential conductivity measurement; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0030756431     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90304-8     Document Type: Article

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