Physiological Notes | |
Pulmonary | |
Respiratory Mechanics | |
Intrinsic (or auto-) positive end-expiratory pressure during controlled mechanical ventilation | p. 3 |
Intrinsic (or auto-) positive end-expiratory pressure during spontaneous or assisted ventilation | p. 7 |
Work of breathing | p. 11 |
Interpretation of airway pressure waveformsEvans R. Fernandez-Perez | p. 15 |
Gas exchange | |
Dead space | p. 17 |
Alveolar ventilation and pulmonary blood flow: The V[subscript A]/Q[subscript T] concept | p. 21 |
Mechanisms of hypoxemia | p. 25 |
Pulse oximetry | p. 29 |
Effects of body temperature on blood gases | p. 33 |
Venous oximetry | p. 37 |
Influence of F[subscript l]O[subscript 2] on the P[subscript a]O[subscript 2]/F[subscript l]O[subscript 2] ratio | p. 41 |
Cardiovascular | |
Pulmonary vascular resistance: A meaningless variable? | p. 45 |
Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure | p. 49 |
Clinical significance of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure | p. 53 |
Pulmonary capillary pressure | p. 57 |
Ventricular interdependence: how does it impact on hemodynamic evaluation in clinical practice? | p. 61 |
Cyclic changes in arterial pressure during mechanical ventilation | p. 65 |
Metabolism and Renal Function | |
Lactic acidosis | p. 69 |
Defining renal failure: Physiological principles | p. 73 |
Hypotension during intermittent hemodialysis: new insights into an old problem | p. 79 |
Cerebral Function | |
Intracranial pressure: Part one: Historical overview and basic concepts | p. 85 |
Intracranial pressure: Part two: Clinical applications and technology | p. 89 |
Physiological Reviews | |
Measurement techniques | |
Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive care | p. 95 |
Different techniques to measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP): time for a critical re-appraisal | p. 105 |
Tissue capnometry: does the answer lie under the tongue? | p. 121 |
Noninvasive monitoring of peripheral perfusion | p. 131 |
Ultrasonographic examination of the venae cavae | p. 143 |
Physiological processes | |
Sleep in the intensive care unit | p. 147 |
Magnesium in critical illness: metabolism, assessment, and treatment | p. 157 |
Pulmonary endothelium in acute lung Injury: from basic science to the critically ill | p. 171 |
Pulmonary and cardiac sequelae of subarachnoid haemorrhage: time for active management? | p. 185 |
Permissive hypercapnia-role in protective lung ventilatory strategies | p. 197 |
Right ventricular function and positive pressure ventilation in clinical practice: from hemodynamic subsets to respirator settings | p. 207 |
Acute right ventricular failure - from pathophysiology to new treatments | p. 217 |
Red blood cell rheology in sepsis | p. 229 |
Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation in sepsis | p. 239 |
Hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction in critically ill patients with traumatic and nontraumatic brain injury | p. 249 |
Matching total body oxygen consumption and delivery: a crucial objective? | p. 259 |
Normalizing physiological variables in acute illness: five reasons for caution | p. 269 |
Seminal Studies in Intensive Care | |
Manipulating afterload for the treatment of acute heart failure: a historical summary | p. 279 |
Nosocomial pneumonia | p. 283 |
The introduction of positive end-expiratory pressure into mechanical ventilation: a retrospective | p. 291 |
Elastic pressure-volume curves in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome | p. 295 |
The concept of "baby lung" | p. 303 |
The effects of anesthesia and muscle paralysis on the respiratory system | p. 313 |
Diaphragmatic fatigue during sepsis and septic shock | p. 323 |
The use of severity scores in the intensive care | p. 331 |
Oxygen transport-the oxygen delivery controversy | p. 337 |
Organ dysfunction during sepsis | p. 345 |
Ventilator-induced lung injury: from the bench to the bedside | p. 357 |
Remembrance of Weaning Past: the Seminal Studies | p. 367 |
Subject Index | p. 377 |
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