bachelorThesis
Detección de cambios vasculares en el fenómeno de Raynaud cuando se utiliza la capilaroscopia y la termografía. Revisión sistemática de la literatura
Autor
Chaparro Rodríguez, Yohanna Catalina
González Gómez, Alba
Institución
Resumen
Raynaud's phenomenon (FR) is an exaggerated vascular response to cold or stress that is manifested by changes in skin color in various locations, most frequently in the distal extremities. Depending on the absence or presence of the underlying disease, the phenomenon is called primary (RP) or secondary (RS). The gold standard for diagnosis is videocapilaroscopy however, there are other alternatives such as infrared thermography (TRI). Objective. Describe and analyze the main differences for the detection of vascular changes in FR between capillaroscopy (NC) and TRI. Methods. Systemic review of the literature where descriptive and analytical articles published in the databases were considered until September 2020, that included population with FR (primary or secondary), with mention of the diagnostic evaluations: NC (microscopic or videocapillaroscopy) and TRI. Results. The number of articles found was 1397; when applying the different inclusion and exclusion criteria, 5 articles remained for analysis and review. Two articles in the pediatric population and three articles in the adult population. The studies were developed in mainly Caucasian population. The mean age of the studies was 12 years (children) and 48 years (adults). The predominant gender was female. Conclusions. According to the findings, it is not possible to compare the results of NC versus TRI in any of the selected studies, nor to conclude that there are clear differences or advantages / disadvantages in the preferential use of one of the two diagnostic techniques in FR.