Does monitoring of pre-/post-dialyzer pressure difference improve efficiency in intermittent hemodialysis?

Blood Purification

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Gabutti, Luca ^a   Colucci, Giuseppe ^a   Martella, Antonio ^b   Schönholzer, Carlo ^b   Marone, Claudio ^c  

^a Ospedale La Carita   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clotting; Dialysis efficiency; Dialyzer; Intermittent hemodialysis; Pressure difference; Urea clearance

Indexed keywords

POLYSULFONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYZER OBSTRUCTION; DIALYZER PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SULFONES;

EID: 0141680929     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072548     Document Type: Article

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