Microvascular dysfunction as a cause of organ dysfunction in severe sepsis

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   De Backer, Daniel ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEPSIS;

EID: 27144483559     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3748     Document Type: Review

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