Improvement of Decisions Regarding Hemodialysis Patients by Urea Kinetic Modeling

Tom Buur and Toomas Timpka

Medical Decision Making, 1990, vol. 10, issue 4, 274-282

Abstract: The potentials for improving decisions about adequacy of dialysis (AD) and daily protein intake (DPI) by urea kinetic modeling (UKM) were examined. Four nephrologists evaluated AD, DPI, and metabolic stability in 62 patients. UKM was done three times; but the results were not revealed. Clinicians' decisions were then compared with UKM measures of effective dialysis (Kt/V) and protein catabolic rate (pcr). Detection of inadequately treated patients by the clinicians was poor (28%, Kt/V

Keywords: Key words: computer; decision making; hemodialysis; practice research; urea kinetic modeling. (Med Decis Making 1990; 10:274-282) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9001000405

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