Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Posted June 1, 2001 In our neck of the woods, the surgical rearrangement of a patients arm vessels for dialysis is called a " shunt " . The wooshing sound and feel is called a " thrill " and it is diagnostic of the intactness of the shunt. (One should feel a thrill in a working shunt.) Shunts can be anywhere on the arm. Dana Corbin RN, LAc. Quote
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