Additional file 4.

A video clip file showing severely altered microcirculation in a patient with sever sepsis. Forty-six small vessels (including 20 with absent flow and 14 with intermittent flow) and 15 large vessels (all perfused) are visualized. MFIs for each quadrant determined clockwise from the left upper one are 0, 0, 3 and 0. Accordingly, PPV is 15%, PVD is 1.4/mm and MFI is 0.75.

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De Backer et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R101   doi:10.1186/cc6118