Skin microcirculatory and thermal changes in elderly subjects with early stage of pressure sores

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-13

  Schubert, V ^a   Perbeck, L ^a   Schubert, P A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aged; decubitus ulcers; fluorescein angiography; fluorescein flowmetry; laser Doppler fluxmetry; skin microcirculation; skin temperature

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SENESCENCE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRESSURE ULCER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0027954246     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: 13652281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.1994.tb00484.x     Document Type: Article

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