Surgical Pathophysiology

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A. Aasen
CRC Press, 1991 M05 13 - 468 pages

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Contents

Endotoxin Role in Surgical Patients
3
Metabolic Consequences of Trauma
47
Immunological Aspects of Trauma
69
Neural Release Mechanisms in the Response to Injury
77
Metabolic Alterations in Cancer and the Underlying Mechanisms
91
Development of Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics A Fundamental
115
Hemodilution and Tissue Oxygenation
137
Posthypoxic Oxygenation Tissue Injury The Role of Oxygen Radicals
147
ARDS Current Concepts and Therapy
241
Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Edema in the Critically Ill Patient
267
Fibrinolysis in Relation to Lungs and ARDS
289
Oxidative Lung Injury
317
Pathophysiology of Lung Contusion
335
GastroIntestinal Involvement in Shock and Sepsis
363
Intestinal Peptides
383
Late Radiation Injury of the Small Intestine
399

Hemostasis and Vascular Endothelium
165
Thromboembolic Problems in Surgical Patients
179
Role of Proteases in Surgical Intensive Care Patients
211
Evaluation of Prognosis in Surgical Septicemia
227
Role of Proteases in Acute Pancreatitis
423
Index
445
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