Accuracy of physical examination in the detection of arteriovenous graft stenosis

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-88

  Leon, Carlos ^a   Orozco Vargas, Luis Carlos ^a   Krishnamurthy, Gururaj ^a   Choi, Kenneth L ^a   Mercado, Carlos ^a   Merrill, Donna ^a   Thomas, Ian ^a   Salman, Loay ^a   Artikov, Shukhrat ^a   Bourgoignie, Jacques J ^a   Asif, Arif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38749095203     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Asif A, Leon C, Vargas-Orozco LC, Krishnamurthy G, Choi K, Mercado C, Merrill D, Thomas I, Artikov S, Salman L, Bourgoignie JJ : Accuracy of physical examination in the detection of arteriovenous fistula stenosis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (in press)
2. Beathard GA : Physical examination of the dialysis vascular access. Semin Dial 11 : 231 236, 1998
3. Beathard GA : Physical examination: the forgotten tool. In : Gray R, Sands J (eds). A Multidisciplinary Approach for Hemodialysis Access. New York : Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2002 : 11 118
4. Beathard GA : An algorithm for the physical examination of early fistula failure. Semin Dial 18 : 331 335, 2005
5. Mishler R, Schon D, Hubert B, Nissenson AR : Development and usefulness of a physical examination toll to diagnose vascular access dysfunction. J Am Soc Nephrol 11 : 190-A, 2000
6. Choi JR, Kim YS, Yoon SA, Won YD, Son YS, Song WJ, Song HC, Kim YS, Chang YS, Bang BK, Kim YO : Accuracy of physical examination in detecting arteriovenous fistula dysfunction in hemodialysis patients: comparison with venography. Korean J Nephrol 25 : 797 802, 2006
7. Asif A, Cherla G, Merrill D, Cipleu CD, Briones P, Pennell P : Conversion of tunneled hemodialysis catheter-consigned patients to arteriovenous fistula. Kidney Int 67 : 2399 2406, 2005
8. Asif A, Gadalean FN, Merrill D, Cherla G, Cipleu CD, Epstein DL, Roth D : Inflow stenosis in arteriovenous fistulas and grafts: a multicenter, prospective study. Kidney Int 67 : 1986 1992, 2005
9. McGinn T, Wyer PC, Newman TB, Keitz S, Leipzig R, Guyatt G : Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic). CMAJ 171 : 1369 1373, 2004
10. Maclure M, Willett WC : Misinterpretation and misuse of the kappa statistic. Am J Epidemiol 126 : 161 169, 1987