Microcirculatory Changes in Term Newborns with Suspected Infection: An Observational Prospective Study

Background. In adults severely disturbed microcirculatory flow can be observed by Orthogonal Polarized Spectral (OPS) imaging techniques during sepsis. Therefore we set out to assess for microcirculatory changes in term newborns with suspected early onset infection using OPS. Methods. OPS images wer...

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Main Authors: Irene Alba-Alejandre, Stephan Hiedl, Orsolya Genzel-Boroviczény
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/768784