Rapid breath test for assessing total body water in chronic kidney disease patients
Purins A, Mundy L, Merlin, T, Hiller, JE
Record ID 32008100162
English
Authors' results and conclusions:
Flowing afterglow-mass spectrometry (FA-MS) analysis using Deuterium (D20) seems to be as accurate as the current standard methods of determining total body water (TBW). FA-MS has the advantage that any population can be studied and that normative data for that population are not required This is important as normative data may not exist for specific patient groups. No cost effectiveness data were found and the patient outcomes were not reported so there is no indication of whether patient management was changed in light of the TBW values obtained.
Authors' recommendations:
There is limited data on FA-MS determined TBW. Therefore HealthPACT has recommended that further assessment of this technology is no longer warranted.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2008
URL for published report:
Not Available
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Australia
MeSH Terms
- Urea
Contact
Organisation Name:
Adelaide Health Technology Assessment
Contact Address:
School of Public Health, Mail Drop 545, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, AUSTRALIA, Tel: +61 8 8313 4617
Contact Name:
ahta@adelaide.edu.au
Contact Email:
ahta@adelaide.edu.au
Copyright:
Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)
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