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Endotoxaemnia in horses
Author(s) -
Murray Rachel
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.20.2.88
Subject(s) - shock (circulatory) , intensive care medicine , medicine , disease , traumatic shock
ENDOTOXAEMIA is the presence of endotoxin in the blood. The term is also used to describe the clinical syndrome associated with circulating endotoxins which, without appropriate management, can result in serious disease, shock and, potentially, death of the animal.