Title
Finger cold-induced vasodilatation during hypothermia, hyperthermia and at thermoneutrality
Author
Daanen, H.A.M.
Ducharme, M.B.
Publication year
1999
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Exposure of the fingers to severe cold leads to cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD). The influence of ambient temperature on the CIVD-response is well understood and documented, but the response of CIVD to hyperthermia and mild hypothermia has rarely been investigated. METHODS: To investigate the influence of body thermal status on the CIVD response, eight subjects immersed their right hand in 5 degrees C water for 40 min during mild hypothermia (C), thermoneutrality (N) and hyperthermia (W). The mean skin temperature of the body (Tsk), the esophageal temperature (Tes), the temperature of the volar side of the distal phalanx of each immersed finger (Tfi) and the skin perfusion of the immersed middle finger (Qsk) were continuously measured. RESULTS: During the W condition the body temperatures were higher (Tes: 38.0+/-0.1 degrees C; Tsk: 37.9+/-0.7 degrees C) than during N (Tes: 36.8+/-0.2 degrees C; Tsk: 31.8+/-0.7 degrees C) and during C (Tes: 36.1+/-0.8 degrees C; Tsk: 21.2+/-1.9 degrees C). Tfi and Qsk were higher during the W condition (Tfi: 16.5+/-2.3 degrees C; Qsk: 133+/-53 perfusion units (PU)) than during N (Tfi: 8.1+/-1.7 degrees C; Qsk: 57+/-39 PU) and during C (Tfi: 6.8+/-1.2 degrees C; Qsk: 22+/-14 PU). The onset time of CIVD was significantly prolonged in condition C (13.0+/-3.8 min) as compared with N (7.2+/-2.2 min). CONCLUSION: It was concluded that the CIVD response is significantly affected by body core and skin temperatures.
Subject
aviation
Finger blood flow
Hunting response
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Laser Doppler flowmetry
vasodilatation
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Body Temperature
Cold
Esophagus
Fingers
Hyperthermia, Induced
Hypothermia, Induced
Immersion
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Monitoring, Physiologic
Time Factors
Vasodilation
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TNO identifier
11517
Source
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 70 (12), 1206-1210
Document type
article