Tissue Oxygenation in Acute Medicine (Update in Intensive Care Medicine)
Contributors: William J. Sibbald (Editor); Konrad Messmer (Editor); Mitchell P. Fink (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed. 1998. 2nd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9783540425953
Subjects: Intensive care medicine; Critical Care; Medical / Nursing; Cardiology; Medical; Biochemistry; Medical / Critical Care; Tissue oxygenation; blood substitutes; dysoxia; hemoglobin therapeutics; microcirculation
First sentence: Clearly the primary role of the cardiorespiratory system is to meet the steady state demands of the body by delivering adequate amounts of oxygen (O2) to meet the metabolic requirements, to sustain aerobic respiration in the tissues and to remove excess carbon dioxide (CO2).