Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation is a novel predictor of mortality in intensive care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-635

  Duffy, Martin J ^a,b   Mullan, Brian A ^a,b   Craig, Thelma R ^a,b   Shyamsundar, Murali ^a,b   MacSweeney, Rob E ^a,b   Thompson, Gillian ^a   Stevenson, Michael ^a   McAuley, Daniel F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endothelial function; endothelium dependent vasodilatation; ICU mortality; pulse wave analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; NORADRENALIN; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT VASODILATATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II; SURVIVOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 79953228831     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206bc4a     Document Type: Article

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