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O2 Transport and Tissue Oxygenation in the Critically Ill

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Clinical Aspects of O2 Transport and Tissue Oxygenation

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The normal physiology of oxygen transport and tissue oxygenation were basi cally understood after the work of Krogh (1919 a, b) and Barcroft (1920).

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Bryan-Brown, C.W., Gutierrez, G. (1989). O2 Transport and Tissue Oxygenation in the Critically Ill. In: Reinhart, K., Eyrich, K. (eds) Clinical Aspects of O2 Transport and Tissue Oxygenation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83872-9_9

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