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How does pre‐eclampsia influence thermal conductivity of the skin?
Author(s) -
Miyamoto S.,
Shimokawa H.,
Kurokawa T.,
Nakano H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(88)90330-x
Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , skin temperature , thermal conductivity , peripheral , obstetrics , pregnancy , biomedical engineering , composite material , genetics , materials science , biology
To evaluate the thermal conductivity characteristics in relation to pre‐eclampsia, deep body temperature (DBT) was measured using the zero‐heat flow method in non‐pregnant healthy subjects, normal pregnant subjects, pregnant subjects with essential hypertension and in pre‐eclamptics. The duration of the initial rise in peripheral DBT was significantly prolonged in the pre‐eclamptics, as compared with findings in the other three groups. The results indicate that pre‐eclamptics have a decrease of thermal conductivity of the skin.