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Oxygen Therapy in the Surgical Patient
Author(s) -
Lewis Gwenda M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb06308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vasoconstriction , hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction , accidental , microcirculation , intensive care medicine , hypoxia (environmental) , anesthesia , oxygen , surgery , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , acoustics
In recent years attention has been drawn to the effects of surgical and accidental trauma on the microcirculation. Some peripheral vasoconstriction always occurs, and can be seen clinically if it is severe. Pulmonary vasoconstriction also occurs, and reports from several sources suggest that it is much more severe than the systemic response.