Beschreibung
InhaltsangabeList 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 Oxygen Transport.- Multiple Systems Organ Failure.- Clinical Aspects of Oxygen Transport and Tissue Oxygenation in Sepsis.- Pharmacological Intervention ofthe Failing Heart.- Mechanical Support of the Failing Heart.- Oxygen Distribution.- Distribution of Blood Flow in the Critically Ill Patient.- Pharmacological Limitations of Oxygen Transport.- Oxygen Transport Measured by Tissue Perfusion in High - Risk Surgical Patients.- Determinants and Control Parameters of Oxygen Supply and Oxygen Consumption.- Therapeutic Intervention.- Catecholamines and Pulmonary Perfusion.- Pharmacological Intervention to Optimize Oxygen Transport.- Influence of Nutrition on Respiratory System.- Monitoring of Oxygenation.- New Techniques of Monitoring Arterial Oxygen Availability.- Venous and Mixed-Venous Saturation.- Measurement of Oxygen Uptake and Consumption.
