Alteration of Leukocyte Count Correlates With Increased Pulmonary Vascular Permeability and Decreased PaO2: FiO2-Ratio Early After Major Burns.
Leukocytes are activated systemically and their numbers increase soon after a burn followed by a rapid decline to low normal or subnormal levels, possibly by increased extravasation. Experimental data support that an important target for such extravasation is the lungs and that leukocytes when they adhere to endothelial cells cause an increase in vascular permeability. The authors investigated a p
