George TO, Priester-Coary A, Dunea G, Daugirdas JT
Access recirculation by ultrasonic dilution compared to
a 20 sec slow flow method
Am Soc Nephrol
J Am Soc Nephrol (abstract)
(Nov) 6:489 1995
In this study access recirculation (AR) was measured in 28
patients using the Transonics ultrasound dilution
method and the urea slow flow method (15-20 sec of
50 ml/min flow). At a mean Qb of 350 ml/min, AR was detected in
only 1/28 patients. The mean AR with the urea method was 3%,
with occasional values to 10-20% which did not correspond to AR
with ID. One patient had marked AR by both methods.
Comment: The lesson to be drawn is, that AR appears to be
minimal or zero in the great majority of dialysis patients. A
slight positive bias with the urea method may mean either a lack
of sensitivity of ID for minimal AR, or a false positive urea AR
due to detection of an early component of cardiopulmonary
recirculation.
(Daugirdas)
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