Sensitivity and specificity of the thermodilution technique in detection of access recirculation

Nephron

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-141

  Wang, Erjun ^a   Schneditz, Daniel ^b,c   Kaufman, Allen M ^a   Levin, Nathan W ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Access blood flow; Recirculation; Thermodilution; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODILUTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034073031     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045646     Document Type: Article

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