Journal: BMC Nephrology
Article Title: Long-term cardio-vascular risk assessment in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplanted patients following SARS-COV-2 disease: protocol for multi-center observational match controlled trial
doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-02809-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: Protocol for the study procedures
Article Snippet: BIS , - portable whole-body multi-frequency bioimpedance analysis device (BCM®Body Composition Monitor – Fresenius Medical Care D GmbH); - electrodes will be attached to the patient’s forearm and ipsilateral ankle, with the patient in a supine position; - measurements: body resistance and reactance to electrical currents of 50 discrete frequencies, ranging between 5 and 1000 kHz; - calculations: ECW, ICW and TBW, to determine the amount of fluid overload; - AFO is defined as the difference between the expected patient’s ECW under normal physiological conditions and the actual ECW, whereas RFO is defined as the absolute fluid overload AFO to ECW ratio..
Techniques: Medications, Isolation, Biomarker Discovery, Centrifugation, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay