The microcirculation in critically-ill patients

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Buchele G ^a   De Backer, D ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Organ perfusion; Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging; Sepsis; Tissue oxygen delivery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOBUTAMINE; DROTRECOGIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 34047160527     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2007.003     Document Type: Review

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