Monitoring oxygen transport and tissue oxygenation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-117

  Gutierrez, Guillermo ^a,c   Wulf Gutierrez, Marian E ^b   Reines, H David ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Dysoxia; Gastric mucosa pH; Hypoxia; Lactic acid; Medical history; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; CAFFEINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARNITINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VASOPRESSIN;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART INDEX; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MUCOSA; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE DYSOXIA; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TONGUE;

EID: 2342433531     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200404000-00004     Document Type: Review

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