Effect of pure O2-breathing on retinal blood flow in normals and in patients with background diabetic retinopathy.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1984
Abstract
The noninvasive Laser Doppler velocimetry technique was applied in normal volunteers and in patients with background diabetic retinopathy to determine retinal blood flow during pure oxygen breathing at atmospheric pressure. In normal subjects, five minutes of oxygen breathing produced a 63 +/- 6% decrease in retinal blood flow. In the diabetic patients blood flow decreased by only 36 +/- 15%. A significant correlation between the decrease in blood flow and that of the diameter of the veins was found in the diabetic patients. This was not the case for the normal subjects.
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
239
Last Page
241
ISSN
0271-3683
Published In/Presented At
Grunwald, J. E., Riva, C. E., Petrig, B. L., Sinclair, S. H., & Brucker, A. J. (1984). Effect of pure O2-breathing on retinal blood flow in normals and in patients with background diabetic retinopathy. Current eye research, 3(1), 239–241. https://doi.org/10.3109/02713688408997205
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6690224
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article