METHOD FOR ASSESSING LIMB DISTAL CIRCULATION RESERVES Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B6/00 A61M19/00 A61K31/16 A61P23/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: radionuclide indicator is administered to record the dynamics of its distribution in limb tissues by a radionuclide method. The examination is performed at rest and during a load test. The load test represents an epidural block by gradual administration of bupivacaine 25-30 mg between L₂-L₃ vertebrae for 5-7 minutes. That is followed by measuring a blood flow as a percentage of its value to the same level in an analogous segment of a collateral limb.

EFFECT: qualitative assessment of the circulation reserve in various categories of patients, including disabled ones by inhibiting sympathetic and minimally sensory activity with maintaining the patients' motor activity.

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