Todd Marie, Welsh John, Key Margaret, Rice Margaret, Adam James
Specialist Lymphoedema Service Glasgow.
Br J Community Nurs. 2008 Apr;13(4):S11-2, S14, S16-7. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.Sup2.29395.
Lymphoedema practitioners anecdotally don't use Doppler in the vascular assessment of their patients prior to the application of compression. The belief is that the results are inaccurate in the presence of oedema. The objective of this article is to gather information about the use of Doppler by lymphoedema specialists in the vascular assessment of lymphoedema patients in the UK. A questionnaire on the use of Doppler in lymphoedema patients was distributed to 250 delegates attending the British Lymphology Society Conference in Glasgow in Ocotber 2005. There appears to be no consensus in the method of vascular assessment of lymphoedema patients. More research is needed to ascertain the accuracy of Doppler in the assessment of lymphoedema patients. Guidelines are also required in the vascular assessment of lymphoedema patients based on scientifically valid evidence.
淋巴水肿治疗师们凭经验在对患者进行加压治疗前的血管评估中并不使用多普勒设备。原因是他们认为在存在水肿的情况下，结果会不准确。本文的目的是收集有关英国淋巴水肿专家在对淋巴水肿患者进行血管评估时使用多普勒设备的信息。2005年10月，一份关于在淋巴水肿患者中使用多普勒设备的问卷被分发给了参加在格拉斯哥举行的英国淋巴学会会议的250名代表。在淋巴水肿患者的血管评估方法上似乎没有达成共识。需要更多研究来确定多普勒在评估淋巴水肿患者时的准确性。基于科学有效证据的淋巴水肿患者血管评估指南也很有必要。
