Inhaled and intravenous corticosteroids both attenuate chlorine gas-induced lung injury in pigs

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-190

  Wang, Jianpu ^a,b   Winskog, C ^a   Edston, E ^a   Walther, S M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Chlorine gas; Experimental study; Intravenous corticosteroid; Nebulized corticosteroid; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUDESONIDE; CHLORINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URBAN AREA;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHLORINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 14644426572     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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