Functional capillary density decreases after the first week of life in term neonates

Neonatology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Top, A P C ^a,c   Van Dijk, M ^a   Van Velzen, J E ^a   Ince, C ^b   Tibboel, D ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional capillary density; Microcirculation; Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CAPILLARY DENSITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SPECTROSCOPY; TERM BIRTH; TOTAL GASTROINTESTINAL APLASIA CUTIS; TOTAL GASTROINTESTINAL SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS; TOTAL GASTROINTESTINAL UROGENITAL SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 77956088674     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316945     Document Type: Article

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