Effects of vasopressin, norepinephrine, and L-arginine on intestinal microcirculation in endotoxemia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1752-1757

  Nakajima, Yoshiki ^a,b   Baudry, Nathalie ^b   Duranteau, Jacques ^a   Vicaut, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation   (France)

Author keywords

Mucosa; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INTESTINE INJURY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; ILEUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROCIRCULATION; NOREPINEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33744539820     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000218812.73741.6C     Document Type: Article

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