ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF BODY FLUIDS DISTRIBUTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE BEFORE AND AFTER AN EXTRA-CORPOREAL HEMODIALYSIS

Purpose: Chronic renal failure leads to hypervolemia, oedema, veins overload, and exudates in body cavities. During haemodialysis, remarkable amounts of fluids are removed from the body. Ultrasound examination allows assessment of fluid “buffers“ in veins, hypodermal tissue and body cavities. It should be assumed that water loss during haemodialysis would be reflected in changes shown in ultrasound imaging of the above fluid compartments. Purposes: 1. To determine how far the movement of strictly determined fluid volumes will affect the ultrasound image of “deposit spaces“; 2. To assess the validity of ultrasoun…