Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

Download or read book Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics written by Shannan Hamlin and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-09-28 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical care clinicians must be knowledgeable about the anatomic, physiologic, and biochemical processes that are critical to the restoration of a functioning microvascular affecting organ perfusion. These basic physiologic processes critical to tissue perfusion and cellular oxygenation are presented in this issue on Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation. A working knowledge of oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption at the microvascular level will provide critical information needed for clinicians to continuously question the adequacy of tissue perfusion given our current lack of microvascular bedside monitoring.