Surgical stress, inflammation and ongoing sepsis leading to further endothelial dysfunction could have reduced HV in the postoperative period, which showed a trend towards some reversibility by the 48-h postoperative period.
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Ultrasonographic assessment of brachial artery reactivity as a predictor of adverse outcome in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy for perforated peritonitis - Prospective observational study.
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