Can Nephrologists Use Ultrasound to Evaluate the Inferior Vena Cava? A Cross-Sectional Study of the Agreement between a Nephrologist and a Cardiologist

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The costs and the need for a specialist impair the implementation of ultrasonography for evaluating the inferior vena cava (IVC) to assess the volemic status in hemodialysis patients. We investigated whether a nephrologist with limited ultrasound training can accurately assess the I...

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Autores principales: Muniz Pazeli, José, Fagundes Vidigal, Daniel, Cestari Grossi, Tarcísio, Silva Fernandes, Natália Maria, Colugnati, Fernando, Baumgratz de Paula, Rogério, Sanders-Pinheiro, Hélady
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926312
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000362170

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