Current methods for the assessment of skin microcirculation: Part 2

Jolanta Neubauer-Geryk; Magdalena Hoffmann; Melanie Wielicka; Katarzyna Piec; Grzegorz Kozera; Leszek Bieniaszewski

doi:10.5114/ada.2019.83657

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Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

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Current methods for the assessment of skin microcirculation: Part 2

Jolanta Neubauer-Geryk

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,

Magdalena Hoffmann

²

,

Melanie Wielicka

³

,

Katarzyna Piec

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,

Grzegorz Kozera

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,

Leszek Bieniaszewski

¹

Clinical Physiology Unit, Medical Simulation Centre, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Medical Centre, Pruszcz Gdanski, Poland
Clinical Physiology Unit, Medical Simulation Centre/Students’ Scientific Circle, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Department of Neurology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2019; XXXVI (4): 377-381

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2019.83657

Online publish date: 2019/08/30

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Microcirculation accounts for about 99% of blood vessels in adults and mediates between the arterial and venous parts of the cardiovascular system, both structurally and functionally. Skin microcirculation consists of two vascular plexuses: superficial and deep. Microcirculation includes vessels with a diameter of less than 150 µm, i.e. arteries, small veins, lymphatic vessels and arteriovenous anastomoses, which build the microcirculation unit. Skin microcirculation may be affected both in systemic pathologies and specific skin disorders. Several non-invasive techniques are available to assess the skin microcirculation. Methods used in clinical practice were presented previously in Advances in Dermatology and Allergology. The current article describes methods that may be used in clinical research.

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Current methods for the assessment of skin microcirculation: Part 2

Jolanta Neubauer-Geryk 1 , Magdalena Hoffmann 2 , Melanie Wielicka 3 , Katarzyna Piec 4 , Grzegorz Kozera 4 , Leszek Bieniaszewski 1

skin microcirculation, methods

Jolanta Neubauer-Geryk

¹

,

Magdalena Hoffmann

²

,

Melanie Wielicka

³

,

Katarzyna Piec

⁴

,

Grzegorz Kozera

⁴

,

Leszek Bieniaszewski

¹