Transient hyperaemic response to assess skin vascular reactivity: Effects of heat and iontophoresed norepinephrine

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Beed, M ^a   O'Connor, M B ^a   Kaur, J ^b   Mahajan, R P ^a,c   Moppett, I K ^a,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood, flow; Blood, flow, forearm; Blood, flow, skin; Sympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system, norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 58449087558     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen349     Document Type: Article

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