Open AccessCapillary Leukocytes, Microaggregates, and the Response to Hypoxemia in the Microcirculation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients
Author(s) -
Emanuele Favaron,
Can İnce,
Matthias P. Hilty,
Bülent Ergin,
Philip van der Zee,
Zühre Uz,
Pedro David WendelGarcia,
Daniel A. Hofmaenner,
Claudio Acevedo,
Wim Jan van Boven,
Şakir Akın,
Diederik Gommers,
Henrik Endeman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004862
Subject(s) - hematocrit , microcirculation , medicine , hypoxemia , venule , coagulopathy , hemoconcentration , cardiology , gastroenterology , anesthesia
In this study, we hypothesized that coronavirus disease 2019 patients exhibit sublingual microcirculatory alterations caused by inflammation, coagulopathy, and hypoxemia.