Assessment of Brescia-Cimino fistula blood flow rates in pediatric patients.
Blood flow rates were measured using an isotopic dilution method in the main drainage segments of Brescia-Cimino arteriovenous fistulas in 9 pediatric patients who had undergone successful renal transplantation, 3 patients on hemodialysis and 2 patients with end-stage renal disease. Blood flow rates varied from 68 to 882 ml/min. The possibility that such high flow rates may have deleterious effects on limb growth, cosmetic appearance and cardiac function without any benefit to the patient is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D001775:Blood Circulation; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique