Color, Rubor, Turgor, Dolor and Functio Laesa were not the lesser known reindeer pulling Santa's sled, but are the cardinal clinical signs of acute inflammation. In part 2 of his explanation of acute inflammation, David Semeraro talks to Jon Lund about these terms, explains how neutrophils leave the blood vessels to be involved in the inflammatory process and explains what oedema and exudate are are why they're important. Even wondered about the difference between exudate and transudate? What does diapedesis mean? Wonder no more - watch this video podcast and find out!
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David Semeraro is a consultant histopathologist at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK and Jon Lund is Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Nottingham, UK.