Within-session and between-session variability of haemodialysis shunt flow measurements
Author(s) -
Roel M. Huisman,
Marja van Dijk,
Cor de Bruin,
Jan Loonstra,
Wim J. Sluiter,
Clark J. Zeebregts,
J.J.A.M. van den Dungen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfi142
Subject(s) - shunt (medical) , medicine , reproducibility , blood flow , ultrasound , hemodialysis , dialysis , hemodynamics , arteriovenous fistula , biomedical engineering , surgery , cardiology , radiology , statistics , mathematics
Knowledge of the variability of a measurement method is essential for its clinical application. We investigated the variability of shunt flow measurements, since this is a relatively neglected area in the literature. In particular, no direct comparison of between-session and within-session variability was available until now.
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