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Oxygen consumption-oxygen delivery dependency in adult respiratory distress syndrome
1Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
New Horizons (Baltimore, Md.)
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
Considerable attention has been directed toward the study of oxygen transport principles in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In particular, concerns have been voiced regarding disturbed tissue oxygen extraction creating a pathologic dependency of oxygen consumption on oxygen delivery. This article discusses oxygen transport principles, data relevant to the oxygen extraction controversy, and implications regarding the pathogenesis and potential therapies for ARDS.