Peritoneal equilibration test at home (Home PET).
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Peritoneal equilibration test at home.
The peritoneal equilibration test (PET) has been widely used as a standardized means for estimating solute transport. However, the procedure is rather complex, and patients must spend more than half a day in the hospital. The fast PET is an alternative method, but the results are not reliable in patients whose peritoneal catheters drain poorly. We postulated that patients could perform the PET ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Toseki Igakkai Zasshi
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1883-082X,1340-3451
DOI: 10.4009/jsdt.35.1349