Laser Doppler perfusion imager (LDPI) - for the assessment of skin blood flow changes following sympathetic blocks

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1145-1148

  Sorensen J ^a   Bengtsson, M ^a   Malmqvist, E L A ^a   Nilsson, G ^b   Sjoberg F ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Chronic pain; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Regional block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0029854317     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb05578.x     Document Type: Article

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