Reliability of fingertip skin-surface temperature and its related thermal measures as indices of peripheral perfusion in the clinical setting of the operating theatre

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 519-529

  Akata, T ^a   Kanna, T ^a   Yoshino, J ^a   Higashi, M ^a   Fukui, K ^a   Takahashi, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingertip blood flow; General anaesthesia; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Skin surface gradients; Temperature: core peripheral gradients

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; THIAMYLAL; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINGER; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FOREARM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NASOPHARYNX; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; RELIABILITY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 4444372981     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200409     Document Type: Article

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