Paradoxical effects of brain death and associated trauma on rat mesenteric microcirculation: an intravital microscopic study

Paradoxical effects of brain death and associated trauma on rat mesenteric microcirculation: an intravital microscopic study

OBJECTIVE: Experimental findings support clinical evidence that brain death impairs the viability of organs for transplantation, triggering hemodynamic, hormonal, and inflammatory responses. However, several of these events could be consequences of brain death-associated trauma. This study investiga...

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Main Authors: Rafael Simas, Paulina Sannomiya, José Walber M. C Cruz, Cristiano de Jesus Correia, Fernando Luiz Zanoni, Maurício Kase, Laura Menegat, Isaac Azevedo Silva, Luiz Felipe P Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Brain death
inflammation
Intravital microscopy
Mesenteric microcirculation
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000100011

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