Effect of N-acetylcysteine on the pulmonary response to endotoxin in the awake sheep and upon in vitro granulocyte function.

Oxygen free radicals released during endotoxemia may contribute to the lung injury of the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). As this syndrome occurs frequently after gram-negative sepsis in humans, we studied the effect of intravenous N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a free radical scavenger, upon t...

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Main Authors: Bernard, G R, Lucht, W D, Niedermeyer, M E, Snapper, J R, Ogletree, M L, Brigham, K L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC437090/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6725559
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