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Pharmacological Manipulation in ICU

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Anaesthesia, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine A.P.I.C.E.

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Abstract

Multiple organ failure is a common feature in critically ill patients, and the severity of organ dysfunction is associated with outcome. Multiple mechanisms can be implicated in the development of multiple organ failure, including global and regional haemodynamic alterations and microcirculatory and cellular alterations. Microcirculation may play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of multiple organ failure. Indeed, it is the primary site for gas and nutrient exchange with tissues. In addition, the microcirculatory bed represents the largest endothelial surface of the body and takes an important place in the initiation and amplification of inflammatory processes and of the coagulation cascade. It is also implicated in permeability alterations. Accordingly, even though the importance of global and regional vascular alterations should not be minimised, many events implicated in impairment in tissue oxygenation and inflammatory processes occur at the microcirculatory level.

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    Antonino Gullo

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De Backer, D., Donadello, K., Scolletta, S. (2011). Pharmacological Manipulation in ICU. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2014-6_2

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