Lung injury does not aggravate mechanical ventilation-induced early cerebral inflammation or apoptosis in an animal model.

INTRODUCTION:The acute respiratory distress syndrome is not only associated with a high mortality, but also goes along with cognitive impairment in survivors. The cause for this cognitive impairment is still not clear. One possible mechanism could be cerebral inflammation as result of a "lung-b...

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Main Authors: Jens Kamuf, Andreas Garcia-Bardon, Alexander Ziebart, Rainer Thomas, Konstantin Folkert, Katrin Frauenknecht, Serge C Thal, Erik K Hartmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6084980?pdf=render