Revised Starling equation and the glycocalyx model of transvascular fluid exchange: An improved paradigm for prescribing intravenous fluid therapy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-394

  Woodcock, T E ^a   Woodcock, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fluid therapy; intensive care

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; COLLOID; EDEMA; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; GLYCOCALYX; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTRAVASCULAR SPACE; KINETICS; LYMPH; MODEL; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 84857247058     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer515     Document Type: Review

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