RELIABILITY OF DUAL-FREQUENCY BIPEDAL BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS SCALES IN ESTIMATING TOTAL BODY WATER AND ‘DRY WEIGHT’ IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS.

Assessing changes in muscle mass (MM) and total body water (TBW) in HD patients is notoriously difficult. Equipment is expensive and impractical for regular use by patients having home-based dialysis. Therefore the purpose was to assess the reliability of Dual Frequency Bipedal Bioelectrical Impedan...

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Main Authors: Kejendran Mangaikarasu, Anthony Meade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212005189