Effects of early administration of dexamethasone, N-acetylcysteine and aprotinin on inflammatory and oxidant-antioxidant status after lung contusion in rats


TÜRÜT H., Ciralik H., Kilinc M., Ozbag D., Imrek S. S.

INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED, cilt.40, sa.5, ss.521-527, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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Introduction: This experimental setting was undertaken to elucidate and confirm the role of inflammatory and oxidant-antioxidant mechanisms on blunt injury induced moderate pulmonary contusion (PC). We intended to determine the effects of dexamethasone (DXM), N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and aprotinin (APR) in terms of their ability to diminish the consequences of acute lung injury due to PC.