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The Effects of External Pneumatic Splint Pressure on Muscle Blood Flow
Author(s) -
CAMPION E. C.,
HOFFMANN D. C.,
JEPSON R. P.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1971.tb05192.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mercury (programming language) , blood flow , mechanics , blood pressure , anesthesia , biomedical engineering , surgery , cardiology , physics , computer science , programming language
The effects of external pneumatic pressure on muscle blood‐flow through the calf have been estimated by a Xenon‐133 clearance curve technique. Flow was found to be greatly reduced at 40 mm. of mercury external pressure, and it was concluded that for first‐aid purposes inflation pressures in excess of 30 mm. of mercury should not be used.