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

Akpolat, Tekin; Kaya, Coskun; UTAŞ, Cengiz; Arinsoy, Turgay; Taskapan, Hulya; Erdem, Emre; Yilmaz, M.; Ataman, Rezzan; Bozfakioglu, Semra; Ozener, Cetin; KARAYAYLALI, İBRAHİM; KAZANCIOĞLU, Rümeyza; Camsari, Taner; YAVUZ, MAHMUT; Ersoy, Fevzi; DUMAN, SONER; ATEŞ, KENAN

doi:10.1007/s11255-012-0219-8

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

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INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, vol.45, no.4, pp.1103-1110, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 45 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2013
Doi Number: 10.1007/s11255-012-0219-8
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1103-1110
Keywords: 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
Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.