Yip Wai Lam
School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Department of Accident and Emergency, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Int Wound J. 2015 Dec;12(6):625-9. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12356. Epub 2014 Sep 8.
Transcutaneous oxygen (TcPO2) measurement is a non-invasive diagnostic tool increasingly being used in clinical practice. Existing evidence suggests that reduction of TcPO2 is correlated with an increase in skin ischaemia, and its measurement has been shown to have predictive value for wound healing in diabetic patients, success rate of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, amputation rate in patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease or with ischaemic ulcers. This article evaluates the clinimetrics of TcPO2 measurement in adults with discussion of its potential application in clinical practice.
经皮氧分压(TcPO2)测量是一种在临床实践中越来越常用的非侵入性诊断工具。现有证据表明,TcPO2降低与皮肤缺血增加相关,并且已证明其测量对糖尿病患者的伤口愈合、高压氧治疗成功率、外周血管疾病患者或缺血性溃疡患者的截肢率具有预测价值。本文评估了成人TcPO2测量的临床计量学,并讨论了其在临床实践中的潜在应用。