TCPO2

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TCPO2

TcPO2 stands for Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension

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What doe TCPO2 measure

Measurement of partial pressure of oxygen around skin surface, microcirculation around wound healing

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How is this test performed

  1. Electrodes are placed around the wound and heated

  2. Vasodilation occurs

  3. Get a partial pressure of O2 that gets measured

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Results vary and depend on

The area of the body where the test is performed

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> 40 reading

Normal

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< 40 indicates

hypoxia

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< 30 below 

Critical eschemia

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What can we learn from the TPCO2 results

Patient may benefit from:

  1. Vascular surgery

  2. Intervention radiation

  3. Hyperbaric O2 therapy

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Gold standard despite the site used <40 indicates

wound hypoxia