Measurement of sublingual blood velocity as a tool for monitoring sepsis.
Measurements of sublingual blood velocity and blood flow were performed at normal body temperature and after both hot and cold stimulation. Laser speckle measurements of blood velocity were compared with measurements of blood flow obtained with a commercial laser Doppler flowmeter. Sublingual blood velocity increased in all subjects in response to both hot and cold stimulation as compared with that at normal temperature.
Winchester
Leonard W
LW
CW Optics, Inc., Yorktown, VA 23690, USA. LWW@cwoptics.com
Chou
Nee-Yin
NY
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000098:blood supply*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013696:Temperature