Tissue fluid pressures: From basic research tools to clinical applications

• Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
• Main Authors: Hargens, Alan R., Akeson, Wayne H., Mubarak, Scott J., Owen, Charles A., Gershuni, David H., Garfin, Steven R., Lieber, Richard L., Danzig, Larry A., Botte, Michael J., Gelberman, Richard H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sickle; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jor.1100070617; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjor.1100070617; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jor.1100070617

Abstract The two basic research tools developed to measure tissue fluid pressure (wick catheter) and osmotic pressure (colloid osmometer) have undergone extensive validation and refinement over the past 20 years. Using these techniques, basic science investigations were undertaken of edema in Amazon...