How does pre-eclampsia influence thermal conductivity of the skin?
To evaluate the thermal conductivity characteristics in relation to pre-eclampsia, deep body temperature (DBT) was measured using the zero-heat flow method in non-pregnant healthy subjects, normal pregnant subjects, pregnant subjects with essential hypertension and in pre-eclamptics. The duration of the initial rise in peripheral DBT was significantly prolonged in the pre-eclamptics, as compared with findings in the other three groups. The results indicate that pre-eclamptics have a decrease of thermal conductivity of the skin.
D001831:Body Temperature; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013814:Thermal Conductivity