Influence of leg position and environmental temperature on segmental volume expansion during venous occlusion plethysmography

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-605

  Jorfeldt, Lennart ^a   Vedung, Torbjörn ^b,c   Forsström, Elisabeth ^d   Henriksson, Jan ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood redistribution; Environmental temperature; Leg position; Strain gauge plethysmography; Sympathetic tone; Venous compliance; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY POSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE PLETHYSMOGRAPH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TECHNIQUE; THIGH; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THIGH; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VEINS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0038792358     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020257     Document Type: Article

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