The effect of sepsis and its inflammatory response on mechanical clot characteristics: a prospective observational study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1990-1998

  Davies, Gareth R ^a,b   Pillai, Suresh ^c   Lawrence, Matthew ^a,b   Mills, Gavin M ^c   Aubrey, Robert ^c   D’Silva, Lindsay ^a,b   Battle, Ceri ^a   Williams, Rhodri ^b   Brown, Rowan ^b   Thomas, Dafydd ^c   Morris, Keith ^d   Evans, Phillip Adrian ^a,b,c  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Clot microstructure; Coagulation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTHROMBIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOCOAGULABILITY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FRACTALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 84984908643     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4496-z     Document Type: Article

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