Microcirculatory dysfunction in sepsis

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-246

  Edul, Vanina Kanoore ^a,b   Ferrara, Gonzalo ^a,c   Dubin, Arnaldo ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fluids; Hypoxia; Microcirculation; Nitroglycerin; Norepinephrine; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; CORTICOSTEROID; DOBUTAMINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; KETANSERININ; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUBLINGUAL MICROCIRCULATION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 78549258479     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187153010791936847     Document Type: Article

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