Oxygen Transport in the Critically Ill Patient Mnster (FRG), 1112 May, 1990 [Paperback]

Lacking the capacity to store oxygen, the human organism depends on having an unimpaired and continuous supply of oxygen for its survival. Life-threatening disturbances can be encountered by the clinician at any step in the oxygen cascade from ambient air to tissue metabolism. It is therefore necessary for the mechanisms of oxygen uptake, transport, distribution and diffusion into tissues as well as the unaffected cellular metabolism to be well understood and monitored. An international symposium focusing on these issues was held in M?nster, FRG, May 11-12, 1990. This book contains the lectures held at the symposium, and thus provides an excellent basis for further discussion.Lacking the capacity to store oxygen, the human organism depends on having an unimpaired and continuous supply of oxygen for its survival. Life-threatening disturbances can be encountered by the clinician at any step in the oxygen cascade from ambient air to tissue metabolism. It is therefore necessary for the mechanisms of oxygen uptake, transport, distribution and diffusion into tissues as well as the unaffected cellular metabolism to be well understood and monitored. An international symposium focusing on these issues was held in M?nster, FRG, May 11-12, 1990. This book contains the lectures held at the symposium, and thus provides an excellent basis for further discussion.List of Contents.- Oxygen Uptake.- The Influence of Breathing Pattern and Fi02.- Ventilation/Perfusion  Distribution and Diffusion Limitations.- Drugs and Pulmonary Perfusion.- The Effects of Anemia.- Ventilatory Support and Oxygen Uptake.- Influence of Artificial Ventilation and PEEP on Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Oxygen Uptake.- Extracorporeal Support of Gas Exchange.- Non  Conventional Ventilation.- Oxygen Transport  Pathophysiology.- Ventricular Pump Function and Failure.- Control of Cardiac Output  Response of the Organism.- Tissue Adaptation to Hypoxia.- Hemoglobin and Artificial Blood.- Clinical Aspects of Oxygenls+