DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR RISK OF DEVELOPING STRESS-INDUCED PITTED KERATOLYSIS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B5/402 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to physiology and dermatovenerology, to diagnostic technique for a risk of developing pitted keratolysis accompanied by stress as an uncurable element of the professional environment for the purpose of the goal-oriented prevention of the above disease in the individuals having hazardous occupations. A heart rate variability is examined twice - before and 15 minutes after a hot test on a plantar surface. If observing no decrease of the LF/HF value as compared to the reference, a risk of developing stress-induced pitted keratolysis is diagnosed.

EFFECT: technique provides more accurate diagnosis of a risk of developing stress-induced pitted keratolysis by examining the heart rate variability and using the hot test.

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