title: Venous oximetry and the assessment of oxygen transport balance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the principles of venous oximetry; the physiology of oxygen transport balance; clinical studies on venous oximetry; and the assignment of a classification of recommendation and level of evidence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A MEDLINE-based literature source.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One of the tenets of critical care medicine is to provide a timely and accurate assessment of tissue oxygenation. In conjunction with other monitoring modalities, the routine deployment of central venous catheters readily enables the clinician to complete this task.
authors: Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA. rbronicki@choc.org
authors: Ronald A
authors: RA
authors: Bronicki
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen