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J Appl Physiol 58: 4-13, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 1 4-13, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Peripheral blood flow during rewarming from mild hypothermia in humans

G. K. Savard, K. E. Cooper, W. L. Veale and T. J. Malkinson

During the initial stages of rewarming from hypothermia, there is a continued cooling of the core, or after-drop in temperature, that has been attributed to the return of cold blood due to peripheral vasodilatation, thus causing a further decrease of deep body temperature. To examine this possibility more carefully, subjects were immersed in cold water (17 degrees C), and then rewarmed from a mildly hypothermic state in a warm bath (40 degrees C). Measurements of hand blood flow were made by calorimetry and of forearm, calf, and foot blood flows by straingauge venous occlusion plethysmography at rest (Ta = 22 degrees C) and during rewarming. There was a small increase in skin blood flow during the falling phase of core temperature upon rewarming in the warm bath, but none in foot blood flow upon rewarming at room air, suggesting that skin blood flow seems to contribute to the after-drop, but only minimally. Limb blood flow changes during this phase suggest that a small muscle blood flow could also have contributed to the after-drop. It was concluded that the after-drop of core temperature during rewarming from mild hypothermia does not result from a large vasodilatation in the superficial parts of the periphery, as postulated. The possible contribution of mechanisms of heat conduction, heat convection, and cessation of shivering thermogenesis were discussed.


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