A comparative study of pentoxifylline effects in adult and aged rats submitted to lung dysfunction by thermal injury

A comparative study of pentoxifylline effects in adult and aged rats submitted to lung dysfunction by thermal injury

PURPOSE: To investigate the protective effects of pentoxifylline against lung injury observed after dorsal scald in aged animals. METHODS: Adult (eight months old) and aged (20 months old) rats were subjected to thermal injury or sham procedure. The six hours post-trauma animals received pentoxifyll...

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Main Authors: Bianca Trovello Ramallo, Elizete Lourenço, Renata Harumi Cruz, Jacqueline Camargo Almeida, Murched Omar Taha, Priscilla Yuri Okochi Alves Silva, Itamar Souza Oliveira-Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2013-02-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
Burns
Aging
Lung Injury
Cytokines
Pentoxifylline
Rats
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