Method for detecting the disconnection of an extracorporeal device using a patient's endogenous electrical voltages

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2274-2277

  Ross, E A ^a   Briz, C ^a   Sadleir, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconnection; Hemodialysis; Hemodialysis complications; Hemorrhage; Safety; Tubing

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALARM MONITOR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BLOOD; BLOOD PUMP; CONDUCTANCE; COST; DIALYSIS PUMP; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745078669     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001508     Document Type: Article

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