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Urea reduction ratio — For the Scottish river see: Urr Water The urea reduction ratio (URR), is a dimensionless number used to quantify hemodialysis treatment adequacy.DefinitionURR = frac{U {pre} U {post{U {pre imes 100% Where: * Upre is the pre dialysis urea level *… … Wikipedia
urea clearance — clearance of urea from the blood, by either renal clearance or hemodialysis; the efficiency, or fractional urea clearance, of one hemodialysis session is expressed by the formula Kt/V (q.v.). See also urea kinetic modeling, under modeling … Medical dictionary
urea kinetics — the movement of urea in the body and its excretion through the kidneys or dialysis apparatus. See also urea kinetic modeling, under modeling, and urea clearance, under clearance … Medical dictionary
UKM — urea kinetic modeling … Medical dictionary
UKM — • urea kinetic modeling … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Kt/V — In medicine, Kt/V is a number used to quantify hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment adequacy. * K dialyzer clearance of urea * t dialysis time * V patient s total body water In the context of hemodialysis, Kt/V is a bonafide… … Wikipedia
Robert Provenzano — is a prominent Detroit area nephrologist. He is currently Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension Transplantation, Director of Nephrology Research, and Director of Acute Dialysis Services at St John Hospital Medical Center in Detroit,… … Wikipedia
total body water — (TBW) any of various estimates of the water content of the human body, taking into consideration the person s height, weight, and age; used in urea kinetic modeling calculations … Medical dictionary
Standardized Kt/V — Standardized Kt/V, also std Kt/V, is a way of measuring (renal) dialysis adequacy. It was developed by Frank Gotch and is used in the USA to measure dialysis. Despite the name, it is quite different from Kt/V. In theory, both peritoneal dialysis… … Wikipedia
