Monitoring the pathophysiological correlates of post-menopausal hot flushes.
Clinical assessment of the severity and frequency of post-menopausal hot flushes can be made objectively by measuring the associated changes in skin conductance and skin and core temperature. Such measurements provide a more reliable index of the response to therapy than does subjective reporting which has been employed in the past. The design and use of a working analyzer is presented that is sufficiently simple, rugged, safe and portable to be used under normal clinical conditions to provide a permanent record of the attacks.
D001831:Body Temperature; D002979:Climacteric; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D012881:Skin Temperature