ISSN:
1573-8221
Keywords:
burn shock
;
toxemia
;
microcirculation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Acute experiments on rats showed that repeated extensive burns inflicted on animals convalescing from previous burns are tolerated better, do not cause death, and are accompanied by moderate changes in the microcirculation. Similar burns in intact rats lead to severe, lethal shock, intravascular aggregation of erythrocytes, and substantial disturbances of the microcirculation, so that tissue nutrition is impaired. It is postulated that these results could be indirect evidence that toxemia plays an essential role in the genesis of intravascul aggregation of erythrocytes in burns.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00789846
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