The Heterogeneity of the Microcirculation in Critical Illness

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-654

  Klijn, Eva ^a   Den Uil, C A ^a   Bakker, Jan ^a   Ince, Can ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Microcirculation; Multi organ failure; Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging; Sepsis; Shock; Sidestream dark field imaging

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

BRAIN; CONJUNCTIVA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EYE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUTH FLOOR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SKIN;

EID: 54049138483     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2008.06.008     Document Type: Review

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