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AIR PLETHYSMOGRAPHY [1 record]

Record 1 2003-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

The recording of changes in the volume of a limb or digit as blood moves in and out of it with each cardiac cycle.

CONT

[Air] plethysmoghaphy uses a pneumatic cuff wrapped around an extremity or digit. By standardizing the injected volume of air and therefore the pressure inside the cuff, momentary volume changes are detected by a transducer and displayed as waveforms also called "pulse volume recordings".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrodiagnostiques
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

Trois examens sont essentiels pour évaluer l'insuffisance veineuse chronique : la pléthysmographie à air qui quantifie le reflux en volume et en vitesse, le VFI (index de remplissage veineux) exprime le débit de remplissage veineux lors du passage à la position verticale et le VFT90 (temps de remplissage veineux) exprime la durée mise par le reflux pour remplir 90 % du volume fonctionnel lors du passage à la position verticale.

Spanish

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