METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF CLINICAL COURSE OF DIFFUSE LIVER CONDITIONS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/26 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: laser Doppler sonography is conducted to assess a microcirculatory bed before and after amplified cold test. The microcirculatory link is assessed within thenar and hypothenar of both hands. A perfusion gain ΔP is calculated by formula: ΔP=(P₁-P)/P×100%, wherein P is a perfusion before the cold test, P₁ is a perfusion after the cold test. If ΔP>10%, the favourable clinical course and a low probability of condition transformation into a decompensated from over 12 months are predicted. ΔP<10% shows the unfavourable clinical course and a high probability of decompensation.

EFFECT: method enables predicting the clinical course of diffuse liver conditions at the early stage by assessing the compensatory abilities of the microcirculatory links.

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