Increased fingertip vascular tone leads to a greater fall in blood pressure after induction of general anesthesia

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 460-462

  Sakai, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Sumikawa, Koji ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Fingertip skin surface temperature; General anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGERTIP SKIN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; FINGERTIP VASCULAR TONE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE TEMPERATURE; VASODILATATION;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 69049085751     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0770-3     Document Type: Article

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