Microcirculatory dysfunction in sepsis: Pathophysiology, clinical monitoring, and potential therapies

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2016, Pages H24-H35

  Lopes De Miranda, Marcos ^a   Balarini, Michelle ^b   Caixeta, Daniella ^c   Bouskela, Eliete ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Microcirculatory monitoring; Microvascular resuscitation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY DENSITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; MICROVASCULATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84983801357     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00034.2016     Document Type: Review

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