title: Near-infrared spectroscopy for evaluation of peripheral vascular disease. A systematic review of literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a method for the diagnosis and evaluation of peripheral vascular disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  MEDLINE and CENTRAL were searched with a search protocol presented below. Handsearching through reference lists of the retrieved articles and reviews was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  224 and 57 abstracts from MEDLINE and CENTRAL respectively were retrieved from which 21 studies were selected. NIRS was evaluated for the diagnosis and severity evaluation in patients with peripheral vascular disease. Its parameters were shown to reflect the clinical status of patients, with good correlation to existing methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Currently NIRS technology can serve as an adjunct method for the diagnosis and evaluation of patients with peripheral vascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal St., Haifa 34362, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nini
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen