The transient hyperaemic response in skin: investigations related to its application in critical illness

The transient hyperaemic response (THR) is a novel way of assessing vascular reactivity that measures vasodilatory responses after 10-20 second periods of ischaemia. Previous studies have combined the THR test with measurements of microcirculatory perfusion using laser Doppler flowmetry in the of fo...

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Main Author: Beed, Martin
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11927/