Burns. Prostaglandins and thromboxane.
This article attempts to delineate the role of the prostanoids in thermal injury, based on clinical and experimental trials. It also describes the authors' concept of the cause of progressive dermal ischemia in the thermal injury and possible therapeutic measures to prevent or reduce this detrimental effect.
D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000502:physiology*
D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase