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PNEUMATIC INTERMITTENT COMPRESSION [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
CONT

Pneumatic intermittent compression in the treatment of lymphoedemas and chronic venous incompetence of the lower limbs (In Phlebologie, 1987, 40 (4) 1039-1042, cited in PASCAL data base.)

OBS

Term also seen in Bordeaux médical, 1987, 20 (7-8) 117-119, cited in PASCAL data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

Pressothérapie : la compression pneumatique intermittente est utilisée en pathologie veinolymphatique [...] Plusieurs chambres de compression se gonflent de la périphérie du membre vers sa racine en exerçant une pression dégressive dans le même sens.

CONT

La compression pneumatique intermittente diminue le volume du liquide interstitiel et la stase veineuse, ce qui peut entraîner une augmentation de l'oxygénation des tissus. (Relevé dans Cardiovascular research, 1988, 22 (2) 138-141, cité dans la base de données PASCAL.)

Spanish

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