title: Acute lung injury. Assessment of tissue oxygenation.
abstract: The physiologic factors governing oxygen delivery to the peripheral tissues are briefly reviewed to show how tissue PO2 is defended when acute lung injury causes arterial hypoxemia. A loss of recruitable capillary reserve in the tissues may be another serious consequence of the same events that cause lung injury in the adult respiratory distress syndrome, and may cause a defect in tissue oxygen extraction.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000503:physiopathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen