Systemic endothelial activation is greater in septic than in traumatic-hemorrhagic shock but does not correlate with endothelial activation in skin biopsies

OBJECTIVE Sepsis and severe trauma result in endothelial activation and damage. The activated endothelium expresses adhesion receptors that control leukocyte trafficking. After activation, some adhesion molecules are also released into plasma as soluble forms. The present study was designed to compa...

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