Relative indexes of cutaneous blood perfusion measured by real-time laser Doppler imaging (LDI) in healthy volunteers.

Seyed Jafari, Seyed Morteza; Schawkat, Megir; Van De Ville, Dimitri; Shafighi, Maziar (2014). Relative indexes of cutaneous blood perfusion measured by real-time laser Doppler imaging (LDI) in healthy volunteers. Microvascular research, 94, pp. 1-6. Elsevier 10.1016/j.mvr.2014.04.007

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We used real-time LDI to study regional variations in microcirculatory perfusion in healthy candidates to establish a new methodology for global perfusion body mapping that is based on intra-individual perfusion index ratios. Our study included 74 (37 female) healthy volunteers aged between 22 and 30 years (mean 24.49). Imaging was performed using a recent microcirculation-imaging camera (EasyLDI) for different body regions of each volunteer. The perfusion values were reported in Arbitrary Perfusion Units (APU). The relative perfusion indexes for each candidate's body region were then obtained by normalization with the perfusion value of the forehead. Basic parameters such as weight, height, and blood pressure were also measured and analyzed. The highest mean perfusion value was reported in the forehead area (259.21APU). Mean perfusion in the measured parts of the body correlated positively with mean forehead value, while there was no significant correlation between forehead blood perfusion values and room temperature, BMI, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure (p=0.420, 0.623, 0.488, 0.099, respectively). Analysis of the data showed that perfusion indexes were not significantly different between male and female volunteers except for the ventral upper arm area (p=.001). LDI is a non-invasive, fast technique that opens several avenues for clinical applications. The mean perfusion indexes are useful in clinical practice for monitoring patients before and after surgical interventions. Perfusion values can be predicted for different body parts for patients only by taking the forehead perfusion value and using the perfusion index ratios to obtain expected normative perfusion values.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery > Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Jafari, Morteza, Shafighi, Maziar

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0026-2862

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Jörg Arnoldi

Date Deposited:

26 Jan 2015 11:55

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.mvr.2014.04.007

PubMed ID:

24788075

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Blood perfusion, Laser Doppler imaging, Microcirculation

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.61992

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/61992

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