Is cool dialysis an effective and well-tolerated means of reducing the frequency of intradialytic hypotension? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 670-671

  Levin, Nathan W ^a,b   Kotanko, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Medical Universities of Innsbruck and Salzburg   (Austria)

^d KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; DATA BASE; DIALYSATE; DIALYSATE LEVEL; EMBASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845245046     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0342     Document Type: Note

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