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Applied Cardiovascular Physiology

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Michael R. Pinsky

    1. Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (UICM, volume 28)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Basic Cardiovascular Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Left Ventricular Pump Function

      • C. W. Buffington
      Pages 3-13

    3. Left Ventricular Afterload and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling

      • B. Cholley, D. Payen
      Pages 14-27

    4. The Cardiovascular Management of the Critically Ill Patient

      • S. Magder
      Pages 28-35

    5. Right Ventricular Function

      • J.-F. Dhainaut
      Pages 36-43

    6. Pharmacologic Support of Critically ill Patients

      • K. P. Rothfield
      Pages 44-50

    7. Heart-Lung Interactions

      • M. R. Pinsky
      Pages 51-63

    8. Physiology of Tissue Oxygen Delivery

      • J. Bakker
      Pages 64-75

    9. Splanchnic Blood Flow

      • J. Takala
      Pages 76-91

    10. Tissue Oxygenation

      • G. Berlot, A. Tomasini, M. Maffessanti
      Pages 92-101

  4. Goals of Resuscitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Physiology of VO2/DO2

      • J.-L. Vincent, P. van der Linden
      Pages 177-184
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About this book

This book represents the collective efforts of several excellent,clini­ cian-scientists who have devoted many years of their lives and many hours in each day to the application of physiological principles to the bedside care of critically ill patients. The universal challenge of car­ diovascular instability confronts all health care providers who treat patients in an acute care setting. Whether that be in the field or Emergency Department, general ward, operating suite or intensive care unit, all patients carry a common theme of potential life-taking processes which must to identified and treated in a timely fashion or severe morbidity and death rapidly follow. Since the cardiovascular system subserves the body in maintain­ ing metabolic stability through global and regional blood flow at an adequate pressure to insure appropriate autoregulation of blood flow distribution, it would be difficult to describe the mechanisms of cardiovascular instability their diagnosis and treatment without placing them within the context of overall metabolism and tissue vi­ ability. Accordingly, this book has been grouped into four arbitrary subsets. First, we address issues of basic cardiovascular physiology. Classic developments of ventricular pump function and arterial re­ sistance are balanced with newer applications of ventriculo-arterial coupling, right ventricular function, and tissue oxygen delivery.

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  • Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    Michael R. Pinsky

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