Evaluation of lower extremities circulation by using of the portable ultrasound Doppler

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25671008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Kanagawa Dental University Junior College (2015); Chiba University (2014); St. Mary's College (2013)
• Principal Investigator: MIZOBE AKIKO 神奈川歯科大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 准教授 (00625684)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYATA Tetsuro 東京大学, 医学部附属病院, その他 (70190791)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 老年看護学 / 基礎看護学 / 血管看護 / 閉塞性動脈疾患 / 血管外科 / 患者アセスメント / 高度実践看護

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the circulation of eighty-two lower extremities with the elderly, and investigated the meanings of the driven data as an objective indicator and the role of nurses among the vascular practice.
We could take 97.6% of the dorsalis pedis pulses and 83.7% of the posterior tibial pulses by using portable ultrasound Doppler. We conclude that the first choice is the dorsalis pedis pulsation for assessing the leg circulation. One can detect the dorsalis pedes pulse by searching between the tendon of extensor halluces longus muscle and the extensor digitorum brevis muscle from distal to proximal. If you could not detect it, you might palpate the dorsum of foot toward external arcuate artery area.It is thought that the assessing leg circulation by use of the portable Doppler is informative for nursing care, and the continuing education of those techniques is needed.

Free Research Field

老年看護学