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From: Acetylcholine can totally reverse alterations in microvascular blood flow that occur in patients with septic shock

 

Patients with septic shock

 
 

Base

ACH 10-2

Healthy volunteers

Total, n/mm

4.9 (4.1-5.7)

6.0 (4.7-6.4)*

5.4 (5.4-6.3)*

Proportion of vessels perfused, %

83 (77-96)

99 (98-100)*

98 (97-99)*

Proportion of venules perfused, %

100 (100-100)

100 (100-100)

100(100-100)

Proportion of capillaries perfused, %

44 (24-60)

94 (77-96)*

94 (92-95)*

Absent flow (capillaries), %

29 (8-44)

1 (0-3)*

3 (2-5)*

Intermittent flow (capillaries), %

24 (19-38)

8 (3-19)*

5 (3-6)*

  1. *P < 0.01 versus base.