All interventions were performed by the same board certified interventional radiologist.
Three interventions were performed to manipulate RBF.
A total of 494 interventions were performed.
Patients were treated according to standard protocols, and no extra interventions were performed during the study.
In two studies, the PCT guidance also impacted the management of patients because concomitant interventions were performed [43, 47].
Whenever indicated, coronary angiography and percutaneous interventions were performed before intensive care unit admission or later during hospital stay.
Approval from the ethics committee was waived since the study only observed treatment and no interventions were performed.
Comparisons of microcirculatory parameters before and after interventions were performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
All interventions were performed under general anaesthesia if suffering had to be expected.
For this study, patients received usual care for TB, HIV, and other diseases, and no health-related interventions were performed.
No carotid surgical interventions were performed and none of the included patients experienced a stroke during the follow-up period.
