Pathophysiology of septic encephalopathy - an unsolved puzzle

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Flierl, Michael A ^a   Rittirsch, Daniel ^b   Huber Lang, Markus S ^c   Stahel, Philip F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRADYKININ; CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROCIRCULATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 79952111807     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9035     Document Type: Note

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