Vestn Khir Im I I Grek. 1996 ; 155(6): 91-3.

[Methods for estimating the severity of the status of resuscitated surgical patients]

Bubnova NA, Petrov SV, NikitskiÄ IE, Smolina EN, Levitina EI.

The skin electric resistance in the representative points was measured by the Nakatani technique in 86 surgical patients during resuscitation. Two most informative indices were established: the average electric resistance of the skin and the renal index. A significant correlation (r = 0.78) was obtained between the average electric resistance of the skin and score sum SAPS. Changes of the renal index allow the dynamics of the patient's state to be estimated, and along with the electric resistance of the skin--the degree of traumatic consequences of the operative intervention. The method is simple and not dangerous for the patients.