Human serum albumin as a resuscitation fluid: Less SAFE than presumed?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1584-1585

  Bracht, Hendrik ^a   Georgieff, Michael ^a   Matejovic, Martin ^b   Radermacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

inducible NO synthase; nitrosative stress; oncotic pressure; oxidative stress; radical paradox

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTOXIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; I KAPPA B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTOXEMIA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MOUSE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79957662036     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318215bb62     Document Type: Editorial

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