Arm circumference: its importance for dialysis patients in the obesity era

Akpolat, Tekin; Kaya, Coskun; UTAŞ, Cengiz; Arinsoy, Turgay; TAŞKAPAN, HÜLYA; Erdem, Emre; Yilmaz, M.; Ataman, Rezzan; Bozfakioglu, Semra; Ozener, Cetin; KARAYAYLALI, İBRAHİM; KAZANCIOĞLU, Rümeyza; ÇAMSARI, TANER; YAVUZ, MAHMUT; Ersoy, Fevzi; DUMAN, SONER; ATEŞ, KENAN

doi:10.1007/s11255-012-0219-8

Arm circumference: its importance for dialysis patients in the obesity era

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Akpolat T., Kaya C., UTAŞ C., Arinsoy T., TAŞKAPAN H., Erdem E., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, cilt.45, sa.4, ss.1103-1110, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11255-012-0219-8
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1103-1110
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purposes of this study were to investigate the association between arm circumference and body mass index (BMI) and to discuss problems, mainly arm circumference and cuff size mismatch, that could affect the reliability of home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) among peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients.