Endothelin production in sepsis and the adult respiratory distress syndrome

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-56

  Sanai, L ^a   Haynes, W G ^a   MacKenzie, A ^a   Grant, I S ^a   Webb, D J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Endothelin; Endothelium; Intensive care; Lung; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFUSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LUNG; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030071917     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01728331     Document Type: Article

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