ArticleBMC nephrology2019
An evaluation of phase angle, bioelectrical impedance vector analysis and impedance ratio for the assessment of disease status in children with nephrotic syndrome.
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- Phase angle as a marker of outcome in hospitalized pediatric patients. A systematic review of the evidence (GRADE) with meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Integrating machine learning for advanced analysis of bioelectrical impedance parameters in children with nephrotic syndrome.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Standardisation of bioimpedance assessment in young children: a feasibility study of home-based body composition measurement in Danish two-year-olds.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- The science of bioelectrical impedance-derived phase angle: insights from body composition in youth.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2025Review
- Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis and phase angle to verify early hydration status and prognosis in hospitalized children with nephrotic syndrome: an exploratory case series.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between serum albumin and body water using a bioelectrical impedance analyzer: a case report of longitudinal variation in a child with initial idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.AME case reports · 2024Article
- The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) international database: aims, scope, and call for data.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Phase angle in localized bioimpedance measurements to assess and monitor muscle injury.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- Bioimpedance basics and phase angle fundamentals.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- Using bioelectrical impedance analysis in children and adolescents: Pressing issues.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Review
- SOFA Score Plus Impedance Ratio Predicts Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department: Retrospective Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mitochondrial DNA methylation and copy number predict body composition in a young female population.Journal of translational medicine · 2019Article
- Bioimpedance spectroscopy: Is a picture worth a thousand words?Seminars in dialysisArticle
- Bioelectrical impedance phase angle and nutritional status in children with intestinal failure on prolonged parenteral nutrition.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOedema, characterized by accumulation of extracellular water (ECW), is one of the major clinical manifestations in children suffering from nephrotic syndrome (NS). The lack of a simple, inexpensive and harmless method for assessing ECW may be solved by the use of the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) technique. The aims of this study were to examine whether phase angle (PA), bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) and the impedance ratio (IR) reflect change in disease status in children with NS.
methodsEight children (age range: 2-10 years) with active NS (ANS group) were enrolled. In five of these (ANS* subgroup), impedance was also measured at remission (NSR group). Thirty-eight healthy children (age range: 2-10 years) were included as healthy controls (HC group). Whole-body impedance was measured with a bioimpedance spectroscopy device (Xitron 4200) with surface electrodes placed on the wrist and ankle.
resultsValues of PA, BIVA and IR were found to be significantly lower (p-value range < 0.001 to < 0.01) in the ANS patients compared to the HC and NSR groups. No significant differences were observed between the NSR and HC groups.
conclusionThe studied parameters can be used to assess change in disease status in NS patients. Data were consistent with NS being associated with expansion of ECW.
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