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Oxygen Delivery and Oxygen Consumption in Pediatric Critical Care

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The maintenance of adequate oxygen delivery to meet the demands of tissues is the essence of critical care medicine. Inadequate oxygen delivery, which can occur on a global level as in cardiogenic shock, or on a regional level as in traumatic brain injury, must be recognized and treated in order to achieve a good clinical outcome. Therefore, an understanding of the determinants of oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption in the critically ill pediatric patient is essential for any pediatric critical care clinician.

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  1. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, NJ, USA

    Juan A. Gutierrez M.D.

  2. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Diamond Children’s Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Andreas A. Theodorou M.D.

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  1. Children's Heart Group, Div. Pediatric Critical Care, Penn State Children's Hospital, University Drive 500, Hershey, 17078, Pennsylvania, USA

    Steven E. Lucking

  2. Janet Weis Children's Hospital @ Geising, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, N. Academy Ave 100, Danville, 17822, Pennsylvania, USA

    Frank A. Maffei

  3. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, University Drive 500, Hershey, 17033-2390, Pennsylvania, USA

    Robert F. Tamburro

  4. College of Medicine, Penn State Children's Hospital, Pennsylvania State University, University Drive 500, Hershey, 17078, Pennsylvania, USA

    Neal J. Thomas

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Gutierrez, J.A., Theodorou, A.A. (2012). Oxygen Delivery and Oxygen Consumption in Pediatric Critical Care. In: Lucking, S., Maffei, F., Tamburro, R., Thomas, N. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-923-9_2

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