Prolonged mechanical ventilation alters the expression pattern of angio-neogenetic factors in a pre-clinical rat model.

Prolonged mechanical ventilation alters the expression pattern of angio-neogenetic factors in a pre-clinical rat model.

OBJECTIVE: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life saving intervention for patients with respiratory failure. Even after 6 hours of MV, diaphragm atrophy and dysfunction (collectively referred to as ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction, VIDD) occurs in concert with a blunted blood flow and oxy...

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Main Authors: Christian S Bruells, Karen Maes, Rolf Rossaint, Debby Thomas, Nele Cielen, Christian Bleilevens, Ingmar Bergs, Ursina Loetscher, Agnes Dreier, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Brad J Behnke, Joachim Weis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738548?pdf=render

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