Figure 2From: Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in polytraumatized patients. a longitudinal, prospective and observational study of the procedure-related impact on cardiopulmonary- and inflammatory responsesThe figure shows the arterial thrombin-antithrombin-complex (TAT) (2a), soluble tissure factor (sTF) (2b), tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) antigen (2c) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) activity (2d) (median and 25/75 percentiles) at admission (A), skin incision (B), after nail insertion (C) and 30 minutes (D), two (E) and six (F) hours, the first (G1), second (H1) and third (I) day after nail insertion.Back to article page