EXCHANGES of water between blood and tissues are generally believed, since Starling's work, to be regulated by the equilibrium of two forces, namely, hydrostatic capillary pressure which drives water ...

Symmetric peripheral gangrene is an infrequent but devastating complication of critical illness. This condition results in distal tissue losses that typically involve the lower limbs, but in one third ...

Dr. Derrick Green of Green Imaging Technologies demonstrated this method of capillary pressure measurement at a meeting of the Society of Core Analysts in 2007. The method is known as GIT-CAPTM, and ...

Markus Rehm, MD, [11] discussed the effects of 2 methods of colloid administration on total blood volume: acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) and volume loading (VL). ANH involves the removal of ...

Dengue shock syndrome is characterized by severe vascular leakage and disordered hemostasis and progresses to death in 1 to 5 percent of cases. Although volume replacement is recognized as the ...