METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE FLUID CONTENT OF PART OF THE BODY OF A SUBJECT

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE FLUID CONTENT OF PART OF THE BODY OF A SUBJECT

There is provided an apparatus for estimating the fluid content in a subject, the apparatus comprising a control unit that is configured to obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a first limb of the subject; obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a second limb of the subject; obtain a meas...

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Hauptverfasser: Bezemer Rick, Dovancescu Silviu, Aarts Ronaldus Maria
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Sprache:eng
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HUMAN NECESSITIES
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MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:There is provided an apparatus for estimating the fluid content in a subject, the apparatus comprising a control unit that is configured to obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a first limb of the subject; obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a second limb of the subject; obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a segment of the body that includes at least the first limb and the second limb; and determine a measure of the fluid content in the first limb using the bioimpedance measurement of the first limb, the bioimpedance measurement of the second limb and the bioimpedance measurement of the segment of the body that includes at least the first limb and the second limb.