Nitric oxide production is increased in patients after burn injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 368-371

  Preiser, Jean Charles ^a   Reper, Pascal ^b   Vlasselaer, Dirk ^b   Vray, Bernard ^c   Zhang, Haibo ^a   Metz, Gaëtane ^c   Vanderkelen, Alain ^b   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burn; Cytokines; Hypotension; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Nutrition; Sepsis; Septic shock; Vasopressors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0029961776     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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