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

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

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

  • 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
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Arm circumference, Cuff, Hemodialysis, Home blood pressure monitoring, Obesity, Peritoneal dialysis, BLOOD-PRESSURE-MEASUREMENT, PROTOCOL REVISION 2010, EUROPEAN-SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL, HOME SPHYGMOMANOMETERS, HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS, JAPANESE SOCIETY, BODY-MASS, HYPERTENSION, VALIDATION
  • Ankara 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.