title: The arrow of bioimpedance.
abstract: The value of bioimpedance in hemodialysis remains under debate. However, when appropriately used, bioimpedance can provide measures of body hydration characterized by a small error, a high sensitivity to changes in water volume, and, above all, a linear relationship over a wide range of volume changes. These features make it very useful to measure body hydration in hemodialysis patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Center for Physiologic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. daniel.schneditz@meduni-graz.at
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authors.lastname: Schneditz
mesh_terms: D001834:Body Water; D001835:Body Weight; D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D006435:Renal Dialysis