Based on Capillary Gate Theory and Tissue Repair Theory, this presentation will explain the recently identified “Stress Repair Mechanism” (SRM) that enables the long-anticipated Universal Theory of Medicine postulated by Hans Selye in 1954. The SRM maintains and repairs vertebrate tissues and accounts for most of the mysterious manifestations of allostasis that remain unexplained by Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Axis (HPA) hormones. SRM activity explains hemodynamic physiology, capillary hemostasis, infarction, Korotkoff sounds, blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, allostasis, allostatic load, anesthesia, analgesia, atherosclerosis, apoptosis, malignancy, eclampsia, sepsis, Multi-System Organ Failure (MSOF), the surgical stress syndrome, the fight or flight response, and numerous other manifestations of physiology, pathology, and allostasis. SRM function comprises the autonomic nervous system, the vascular endothelium, and the dynamic enzymatic interaction of blood-borne hepatic Factors VII, VIIIC, IX and X that produces thrombin, soluble fibrin and insoluble fibrin, whose combined effects account for all SRM manifestations. The vascular endothelium is a diaphanous neuroendocrine organ that lines all blood vessels and is the sole constituent of capillary walls. It secretes tissue factor into extravascular tissues, and insulates those tissues from the hepatic enzymes, so that tissue disruption exposes tissue factor to the enzymatic interaction and activates tissue repair. The vascular endothelium also releases nitric oxide and von Willebrand Factor into blood in accord with autonomic balance to regulate the enzymatic interaction to govern tissue perfusion and organ function. Therefore, continuously fluctuating combinations of nervous stimuli that affect autonomic balance and forces that disrupt tissues determine SRM activity.

1. Surgery Trauma Burns Sepsis Radiation Chemicals Toxins Stressful Forces Extravascular Tissue Disruption TISSUE REPAIR COMPONENT Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor ATIII Protein C Metabolism Angiogenesis Chemokines Cytokines Prostaglandins Malignancy Apoptosis Bone Muscle Pneumonia Influenza Asthma ARDS MSOF Eclampsia ARF Pus Scabs Casts Exudates Abscesses SOLUBLE FIBRIN TISSUE REPAIR Platelets Inflammation Chemotaxis Mitosis FIBRONIGEN Factor X Immune Proteins Temperature Catabolism Fever Immune Cells Endothelium Osteoblasts Myoblasts Fibroblasts Collagen Factor XIII Vitronectin Fibronectin COAGULATION SYSTOLIC TURBULENT RESISTANCE Hyperviscosity Hypercoagulable Flow Resistance Increased SWR Cardiac Work Hypertension Decreased CO Atherosclerosis Tissue Ischemia Hypoxemia Organ Quiescence Increased SWR Organ Stress Hypertension Decreased CO Increased HR Tissue Perfusion Hyperoxemia Organ Activity Decreased SVR Organ Preservation Hypotension Increased CO Decreased HR CAPILLARY HEMOSTASIS CAPILLARY FLOW SYSTOLIC LAMINAR FLOW Optimal Viscosity Normocoagulable Flow Facilitation Decreased SVR Cardiac Rest Hypertension Increased CO Health & Longevity Cerebral Cortex Fibrin Split Products Insoluble Fibrin TAFI THROMBIN TISSUE FACTOR Thrombin Activation Factor VII Krebs Cycle Ca+ Factor VIIIC Thrombin Acceleration VON WILLIBRAND FACTOR PAI TPA The Stress Repair Mechanism (SRM) Thrombin Amplification Factor IX VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM Epinephrine Norepinephrine Cortisol HPA Axis Nitric Oxide Analgesia Visual, Olfactory Auditory, Tactile Pain CAPILLARY GATE COMPONENT Stressful Stimuli Intravascular Neurons Pathways ATP Nociception Internuncial Spinal Cord Hypothalamus Peripheral Nerves Peripheral Receptors Sensory Stressors SPINAL PATHWAY Emotional Mechanisms Anesthesia SYMPATHETIC PARASYMPATHETIC Insulin COGNITIVE PATHWAY Fibrosis Scar Adhesion The Universal Theory of Medicine of Hans Selye

2. Dr. Hans Selye 1907-1982

3. Capillary Gate Theory Tissue Repair Theory Coagulation Cascade Stress Repair Mechanism

4. Factor VIII: The Missing Link Von Willebrand’s Factor Vascular Endothelium Inert Fluctuates with Nervous activity Gigantic molecule Factor VIIIC liver Labile enzyme Generates Insoluble Fibrin Gigantic molecule

5. THROMBIN: THE UNIVERSAL ENZYME OF ENERGY TRANSDUCTION THROMBIN

6. Soluble Fibrin: The Universal Protein of Tissue Repair

7. Insoluble Fibrin: The Universal Polymer of Hemostasis

8. The Vascular Endothelium TF TF VWF SNS PNS NO TF

10. Vascular Endothelium Factor IX Stressful Forces Stressful Stimuli FactorVIII Factor VII Factor X Thrombin Soluble Fibrin Factor XIII Insoluble Fibrin Fibrinogen TAFI Cell Activity Capillary Gate Component Tissue Repair Component VWF TF

12. The Capillary Gate

14. Insoluble Fibrin The Coagulation Cascade

15. Burns Surgery Trauma Sepsis Radiation Chemicals Toxins Stressful Forces Extravascular Tissue Disruption TISSUE REPAIR COMPONENT Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor ATIII Protein C Metabolism Angiogenesis Chemokines Cytokines Prostaglandins Malignancy Apoptosis Bone Muscle Pneumonia Influenza Asthma ARDS MSOF Eclampsia ARF Pus Scabs Casts Exudates Abscesses SOLUBLE FIBRIN TISSUE REPAIR Platelets Inflammation Chemotaxis Mitosis FIBRONIGEN Factor X Immune Proteins Temperature Catabolism Fever Immune Cells Endothelium Osteoblasts Myoblasts Fibroblasts Collagen Factor XIII Vitronectin Fibronectin COAGULATION SYSTOLIC TURBULENT RESISTANCE Hyperviscosity Hypercoagulable Flow Resistance Increased SWR Cardiac Work Hypertension Decreased CO Atherosclerosis Tissue Ischemia Hypoxemia Organ Quiescence Increased SWR Organ Stress Hypertension Decreased CO Increased HR Tissue Perfusion Hyperoxemia Organ Activity Decreased SVR Organ Preservation Hypotension Increased CO Decreased HR CAPILLARY HEMOSTASIS CAPILLARY FLOW SYSTOLIC LAMINAR FLOW Optimal Viscosity Normocoagulable Flow Facilitation Decreased SVR Cardiac Rest Hypertension Increased CO Health & Longevity Cerebral Cortex Fibrin Split Products Insoluble Fibrin TAFI THROMBIN TISSUE FACTOR Thrombin Activation Factor VII Krebs Cycle Ca+ Factor VIIIC Thrombin Acceleration VON WILLIBRAND FACTOR PAI TPA The Stress Repair Mechanism (SRM) Thrombin Amplification Factor IX VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM Epinephrine Norepinephrine Cortisol HPA Axis Nitric Oxide Analgesia Visual, Olfactory Auditory, Tactile Pain CAPILLARY GATE COMPONENT Stressful Stimuli Intravascular Neurons Pathways ATP Nociception Internuncial Spinal Cord Hypothalamus Peripheral Nerves Peripheral Receptors Sensory Stressors SPINAL PATHWAY Emotional Mechanisms Anesthesia SYMPATHETIC PARASYMPATHETIC Insulin COGNITIVE PATHWAY Fibrosis Scar Adhesion The Universal Theory of Medicine of Hans Selye

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17. Blood Acceleration & Turbulence Systolic Acceleration Diastolic Deceleration Diastolic Turbulence

18. Pipe Flow Turbulence Lateral Forces Fast Faster Fastest

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