Resuscitation
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Nitroglycerin attenuates vasoconstriction of HBOC-201 during hemorrhagic shock resuscitation

  • Laurence M. Katz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Campus Box 7594, Physician Office Building 1st Floor Room p1114, 170 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States. Tel.: +1 919 843 1966; fax: +1 919 966 3049.
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  • James E. Manning

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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  • Shane McCurdy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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  • Charles Sproule

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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  • Gerald McGwin Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, United States
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  • Paula Moon-Massat

      Affiliations

    • Combat Casualty Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Springs, MD, United States
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  • Charles B. Cairns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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  • Daniel Freilich

      Affiliations

    • Combat Casualty Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Springs, MD, United States
    • Infectious Diseases, National Naval Medical Center, Silver Springs, MD, United States
    • Medicine and Surgery Departments, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 24 November 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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 A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.015.

☆☆ The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.015

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 481-487 , April 2010