Influence of N-acetylcysteine treatment on endotoxin-induced microcirculatory disturbances

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 967-972

  Schmidt, W ^a   Walther, A ^a   Gebhard, M M ^a   Martin, E ^a   Schmidt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endotoxemia; Leukocyte adherence; Microcirculation; N acetylcysteine; Rat mesentery; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAPILLARY; CELL ADHESION; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTOXEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODYNAMICS; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAT; SHEAR RATE; VASCULAR LESION; VENULE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ERYTHROCYTES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENULES;

EID: 0031697061     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050697     Document Type: Article

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