Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Ratio of the unaffected to affected limbs for resistances at 0 frequency
Cutoff for the impedance ratio based on the normal control population
Does the patient's impedance ratio indicate lymphedema?
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Purpose: To evaluate a person for lymphedema of a limb using the ratio of resistances at 0 frequency during bioelectric impedance measurements.
Objective: complication detection
ICD-10: C50,