Duplex ultrasound vein mapping for dialysis access; methodological issues on reliability and accuracy

Am J Surg. 2020 Apr;219(4):715-716. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.05.008. Epub 2019 May 22.

Authors

Leila Mounesan¹, Siamak Sabour²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Safety Promotions and Injury Prevention Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31138399
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.05.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Accuracy; DUVM; Methodological issues; Reliability.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Renal Dialysis*
Reproducibility of Results
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex*
Veins