Prevention of hemodialysis-related muscle cramps by intradialytic use of sequential compression devices: A report of four cases

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Ahsan, Muhammad ^a,b   Gupta, Mini ^a   Omar, Irfan ^a   Frinak, Stanley ^a   Gendjar, Suzette ^a   Osman Malik, Yayha ^a   Yee, Jerry ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Nephron Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG MUSCLE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN GRAFT; VENOUS RETURN;

EID: 22644446777     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1492-7535.2004.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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