Understanding the venous-arterial CO₂ to arterial-venous O₂ content difference ratio

Intensive Care Med. 2016 Nov;42(11):1801-1804. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4233-7. Epub 2016 Feb 12.

Authors

Gustavo A Ospina-Tascón¹, Glenn Hernández², Maurizio Cecconi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Fundación Valle del Lili-Universidad ICESI, Av. Simón Bolívar Cra. 98, Cali, Colombia. gusospin@gmail.com.
² Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
³ Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, St George's Hospital and Medical School, London, UK.

PMID: 26873834
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4233-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anaerobic Threshold
Blood Gas Analysis
Carbon Dioxide / blood*
Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
Cardiac Output*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hyperlactatemia / blood*
Microcirculation / physiology*
Mitochondria / metabolism
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Partial Pressure

Substances

Carbon Dioxide