Delayed ascorbate bolus protects against maldistribution of microvascular blood flow in septic rat skeletal muscle

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1823-1828

  Tyml, Karel ^a   Li, Fuyan ^a   Wilson, John X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Ascorbate excretion; Microcirculation; Oxidative stress; Rectal temperature; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIURESIS; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 23844460546     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000172548.34622.DE     Document Type: Article

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