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Keep this study
Lead
Intelomed, Inc.
With
Tufts Medical Center
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Specific Aims are as follows:
1. Assess the accuracy of a new rule set for CVInsight® in predicting intradialytic hypotensive episodes.
2. Assess the comparative predictive accuracy of CVInsight® to other measures with regard to intradialytic hypotensive events.
3. Assess estimated dry weight goals by monitoring post-dialytic vascular refill using CVInsight® and other measures.
4. Assess hemodialysis(HD)-induced myocardial injury by monitoring the occurrence and frequency of arrhythmias and the levels of cardiac Troponin T.
Age
20–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Eligibility shall consist of the following:
Age ≥ 20 years old
Speaks and understands English, Spanish or Chinese
Provides Informed Consent
Patients with 20% intradialytic hypotensive events over the last two months.
You may not be if
Unstable hemodialysis patients per judgment of the clinician prior to the start of the treatment
Patients unable to have blood pressure cuff measured on the upper arm
Inability to wear monitor on forehead
Patients treated with sodium or ultrafiltration profiling and the patient's nephrologist is unwilling to alter this for the study treatments
Patients unwilling to shave the anterior chest
Patients with active infection of the upper chest wall tissue.
Patients with a deep brain stimulator, as it may disrupt the quality of the ECG data.
Patients who are unwilling to take short showers versus bathing during the 7 day period .
Patients who require intradialytic testing (ie transonic) during the monitored treatment.
