Unlocking (perhaps unblocking) the microcirculation in sepsis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 561-562

  Mariscalco, M Michele ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dobutamine; Microcirculation; Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGEN DELIVERY DEVICE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 31344439149     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000199075.70631.B8     Document Type: Editorial

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