Endothelial dysfunction as predictor of mortality in sepsis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 878-879

  Szabo, Csaba ^a   Goldstein, Brahm ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium; nitric oxide; reactive oxygen species; sepsis; vascular responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALBUTAMOL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 79953227730     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820a52ba     Document Type: Editorial

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