Improving the accuracy of Kt/V measurement: The role of the technician

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 590-594+634

  O'Connor, Andrew S ^a,b   Flauto, Ronald P ^a,b   Sehgal, Ashwini R ^a,b,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141507882     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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