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New Insight Into the Role of Microcirculation in Shock

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

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The microcirculation (MC) is the terminal region of the circulatory system that is fundamental in the pathophysiology of sepsis and septic shock. As is well known, its main components are arterioles, venules, shunts, and mostly capillaries. All the structures in the MC are capable of contraction, except capillaries which are made of endothelial cells alone, without contractile structures, except those (named “precapillary sphincters”) placed at the beginning of the vessels.

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  1. Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Clinic, Trieste University Medical School, Trieste, Italy

    Antonino Gullo M.D. (Head) (Head)

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Novelli, G.P. (2001). New Insight Into the Role of Microcirculation in Shock. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2903-3_3

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