The cold pressor test for measuring the reactibility of the blood pressure data concerning 571 normal and hypertensive subjects
The cold pressor test for measuring the reactibility of the blood pressure data concerning 571 normal and hypertensive subjects
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-8703(36)90370-8
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发表时间:
1936-01-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Brown, GE
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作者:
Hines, EA;Brown, GE
The reactibility of the blood pressure is an index of vasomotor tonus. Studies by many workers have demonstrated that the systemic blood pressure is variable and reacts to many forms of stimulation. l>‘3 3 A detailed study of this variability is time consuming and involves numerous estimations of blood pressure in short intervals of time. Many procedures have been tried by us and others; none has had certain or consistent pressor effects on the blood pressure. In 1932 we reported a simple procedure carried out by immersing the extremity in ice water. Measured cold, applied locally, produces a strong, thermosensory stimulus with vasopressor effects in 99 per cent of all subjects. Repetition of the test daily for a period of time shows a remarkable constancy in the response of the blood pressure. As far as known, the response of the blood pressure is characteristic for the individual and probably remains so throughout life. Confirmation of the specificity of the cold pressor test has been given by Briggs and Oerting, 4 who studied the reaction of 124 normal and hype&en&c subjects. Dickman and Michel; j have presented similar confirmation as a result of the study of the reaction of a group of pregnant and nonpregnant women.