title: [Changes in microcirculatory reactivity in patients with gestosis].
abstract: There is increasing evidence in the literature, that the endothelium of the microcirculation as site of production of vasoactive substances (prostacyclin, endothelin and nitric oxide) plays a central role in the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia. In this investigation, we studied skin microcirculation of the forearm and the volar hand at rest, after a cooling procedure and during reactive hyperemia in 13 patients with pre-eclampsia and 13 healthy pregnant controls. For our measurements we used Laser-Doppler Flowmetry, because this method is non-invasive and of no measurable influence to the microcirculation during measurement. Our main findings were: In pre-eclampsia there is a higher skin vasodilatory reserve during reactive hyperaemia compared to the control group indicating an increased resting vasomotor tone in skin vessels. Vascular reactivity to a vasoconstrictor stimulus (local cooling) was significantly greater in pre-eclamptic patients than in controls. Laser-Doppler Flowmetry is suited to measure alterations in skin vascular reactivity in pre-eclampsia, but there is a wide overlapping range in the results of patients with pre-eclampsia and healthy pregnant controls. A clear distinction between normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia by Laser Doppler flowmetry is not possible.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Erlangen.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beinder
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Veränderung der mikrozirkulatorischen Reaktivität bei Patientinnen mit Gestose.