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PLETHYSMOGRAPHIE JAUGE CONTRAINTE [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

The determination of blood flow to a limb or digit by observing the changes in volume of the limb as indicated by the changes in the length of mercury-in-rubber tubes that are wrapped around the limb or digit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

La pléthysmographie ou mesure des variations de volume d'un organe, d'un segment d'organe ou d'un segment de membre vascularisé peut être réalisée en utilisant : [...] des jauges de contrainte au mercure [...] Il s'agit d'un tube en Silastic contenant une très fine colonne de mercure qui se comporte comme un fil conducteur électrique étirable. Enroulée autour du segment de membre à étudier la jauge se laisse «étirer» lors d'une augmentation de volume de ce membre.

Spanish

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