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Continuous monitoring of blood pressure by analyzing the blood flow sound of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients

Continuous monitoring of blood pressure by analyzing the blood flow sound of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients

Authors :
Noriyuki Kounoue
Kazuya Honda
Yuka Kamijo
Masayuki Yoshida
Hayato Horiuchi
Eiichiro Kanda
Mai Yanagi
Akane Yanai
Yoshitaka Ishibashi
Keisuke Ono
Keizo Maeda
Ryuji Tsujimoto
Source :
Clinical and experimental nephrology. 22(3)
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality. To prevent from such a life-threatening event, the continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring system may contribute to detect BP decline in early stages and may help to do appropriate disposal. Our research team has introduced an electronic stethoscope (Asahi Kasei Co, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), which translates sound intensity of Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) to BP data using the technique of Fourier transformation that can predict continuous BP non-invasively. This study, we investigated whether electronic stethoscope-guided estimated BP (e-BP) would actually reflect systolic BP measured by sphygmomanometer (s-BP), and whether e-BP could predict fall of BP during HD. Twenty-six patients who underwent HD treatment in our hospital were evaluated prospectively. We obtained sound intensity data from the electronic stethoscope which was equipped with the return line of HD. Then, the data were translated into e-BP data to be compared with s-BP. Correlation of total of 315 data sets obtained from each method was examined. An accuracy of diagnosis of intra-dialytic hypotension (IDH) was evaluated. Total of 315 data sets were obtained. A close correlation was observed between e-BP and s-BP (r = 0.887, p

Details

ISSN :
14377799
Volume :
22
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical and experimental nephrology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1fc34cb7b8683918326c0fa33cdce1e5