Cardiovascular responses to hypovolemic circulatory stress in women : With special reference to venous compliance and capacitance
Acute haemorrhage is a leading cause of death in trauma. Young women (YW) seem more susceptible to hypovolemic circulatory stress than young men (YM), but the underlying mechanisms are not clear. Elderly subjects are more vulnerable to haemorrhage, with a decreased defence of central blood volume in...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Linköpings universitet, Fysiologi
2008
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-15420 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7393-756-6 |