Clinical use of laser Doppler flowmetry in a burns unit.
Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF) is a new noninvasive technique by which microcirculation changes in tissue can be studied. This has been done in a Burns Unit on burned as well as non-burned patients (volunteers). There were no infection problems with this device in a Burns Unit. Four kHz was the upper wave length limit analysing the doppler signal from burns. A topical temperature load test was defined and used in different situations. Homogeneous flows in reference points from a control group were demonstrated in unheated and heated skin, in this way standardizing the LDF analyses of skin microflow. Ability of LDF to define different degrees of burns was demonstrated.
D000328:Adult; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D012212:Rheology; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D012881:Skin Temperature; D014463:Ultrasonography