Skin temperature measured by infrared thermography after specific ultrasound-guided blocking of the musculocutaneous, radial, ulnar, and median nerves in the upper extremity

K H W Lange; T Jansen; S Asghar; P L Kristensen; M Skjønnemand; P Nørgaard

doi:10.1093/bja/aer085

Skin temperature measured by infrared thermography after specific ultrasound-guided blocking of the musculocutaneous, radial, ulnar, and median nerves in the upper extremity

K H W Lange, T Jansen, S Asghar, P L Kristensen, M Skjønnemand, P Nørgaard

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Abstract

Sympathetic block causes vasodilatation and increases in skin temperature (T(s)). However, the T(s) response after specific nerve blocking is unknown. In this study, we hypothesized that T(s) would increase after specific blocking of the nerve innervating that area.

Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Anaesthesia
Volume	106
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	887-95
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0007-0912
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aer085
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Forearm
Hand
Humans
Male
Median Nerve
Middle Aged
Musculocutaneous Nerve
Nerve Block
Radial Nerve
Skin Temperature
Thermography
Ulnar Nerve
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Young Adult

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Skin temperature measured by infrared thermography after specific ultrasound-guided blocking of the musculocutaneous, radial, ulnar, and median nerves in the upper extremity. / Lange, K H W ; Jansen, T; Asghar, S et al.
In: British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 106, No. 6, 2011, p. 887-95.

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