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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:376
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Review of Recent Books

Reperfusion Injuries and Clinical Capillary Leak Syndrome

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

See also page 372.

This book is multiauthored, and its 21 chapters describe currently known aspects of shock, multiorgan failure, and reperfusion injury pathology and physiology. The authors of each chapter combine currently known research and clinical methodology. The chapters have 1,916 comprehensive references.

Part I has two chapters, which focus on the microscopic and ultrastructural changes in the capillary endothelial cell induced by shock, sepsis, and hypoxia.

Part II has three chapters devoted to explain the ``third space'' theory and the multiple biological-chemical products that result in the increase in microvascular permeability. The classic ``goldfish'' experiment illustrates the detrimental effect to tissue oxygenation by this increased fluid. One group of goldfish were placed in a cage near the top of a tank of water and the second group at the bottom. The water in the tank represented . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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