Measurement of hemodialysis vascular access flow using extracorporeal temperature gradients

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 736-741

  Wijnen, E ^a   Van Der Sande, F M ^a   Kooman, J P ^a   De Graaf, T ^a   Tordoir, J H M ^a   Leunissen, K M L ^a   Schneditz, D ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Vascular access; Vascular access flow; Vascular access surveillance

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34548513759     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002376     Document Type: Article

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