Seawater Immersion Aggravates Burn Injury Causing Severe Blood Coagulation Dysfunction

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Analysis of the endothelial and coagulation-fibrinolysis function in the dogs of the four groups (B, BI, C, and I) after the injury ( in all) in terms of various factors: (a) circulating endothelial cell (CEC) count; (b) vWF activity; (c) the ratio of thromboxane B2 (TXB₂) and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α (6-K-PGF_1α) levels; (d) the tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) level; and (e) the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1). , compared to group B; , compared to group C; , compared to group I, , compared to before injury (0 h).

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