Lipid Mediators in the Immunology of Shock [Paperback]

I - Burn, Sepsis and Shock Overviews.- Burn and Sepsis: Immunological Overview.- Burns: Clinical and Biological Overview.- Infection: Cause or Effect of Pathophysiologic Change in Burn and Trauma Patients.- Biochemical Mediators in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) After Burning Injury.- Sepsis Parameters in Patients with Lethal Burn.- Computer Assisted 10 MHZ Sonography of Burn Depth in Man - A Quantitative Guide For the Surgical Strategy of Sepsis Prevention.- Pharmacological Control of Hemorrhagic Shock : Does Hypertonic Resuscitation Qualify ?.- 2 - Mediators of Burn and Sepsis.- Oxygen, Free Radicals, Shock and Trauma.- Role of Free Radical Lipid Peroxidation in Burn and Endotoxin Shock.- The Significance of Pentane Measurements in Man.- Detection of Pentane as a Measurement of Lipid Peroxidation in Humans Using Gas Chromatography With a Photoionization Detector.- Eicosanoids and The Pathophysiology of Sepsis and Trauma.- Lipid Metabolism During Starvation and Sepsis in Relation to Fatty Acid Profile in Liver and ?-Linolenic- and ?-Linolenic Acid-Enriched Diets.- Pathophysiology of Renal Failure in Shock: Role of Lipid Mediators.- Multiple Organ Failure, Liver Failure and Polyunsaturated Fat Metabolism.- Leukotrienes in Endotoxin Shock.- Time-Dependent Appearance of LTB4 in Human Burn Blisters.- Platelet-Activating Factor : An Inflammatory Mediator Involved in the Pathophysiology of Shock.- Mechanisms of Circulatory Collapse Induced by Paf-Acether.- Lipid Mediators in Lung Anaphylaxis : Kinetics of Their Release and Modulation by Selected Drugs.- A Role for Platelet Activating Factor in Shock and Acute Lung Injury.- Morphological and Pharmacological Evidences for the Participation of Paf-Acether in Anaphylactic Shock in the Guinea-Pig.- Biogenic Amines : Microcirculatory Aspects in Shock, Sepsis and Trauma.- Trypsin-Like Activity in Burn and Sepsis.- Significance of the Activation of the Kinin System Following Thermal Injury.- The Role of Lipid Medial£@