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A Piglet Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
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[Hypoxic changes in metabolism and effectiveness of therapy of surgical sepsis in children]
Anesteziologiia I Reanimatologiia
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
Examinations of 64 children with surgical sepsis, 12 of whom developed multiorgan insufficiency, showed that reduced oxygen transport and hypoxic changes of metabolism aggravate the endogenous intoxication. Hence, normalization of gas exchange and liquidation of oxygen debt by means of artificial ventilation of the lungs performed according to modern schemes becomes an important and obligatory component of intensive care for grave surgical sepsis.
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