Book chapter
Pre- and Post-Capillary Sphincter Control in Shock
Basic Anesthesia Review, pp.662-663
Oxford University Press
2024
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197584569.003.0274
Abstract
The microcirculation is a complex and integrated system that supplies and distributes oxygen throughout the tissues. In normal states, the delivery of oxygen and electrolytes to peripheral organs is controlled by neurohumoral mechanisms which act through specific control mechanisms in the circulatory system, such as the precapillary sphincters. Shock states causes abnormal microvascular oxygen transport as significant numbers of capillaries stop flowing and the microcirculation fails to compensate for decreased functional capillary density. This chapter discusses both the normal functioning of the microvasculature, as well as the changes that are introduced in a shock state, as the body tries to maintain homeostasis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pre- and Post-Capillary Sphincter Control in Shock
- Creators
- Rollin CookArchit Sharma
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Basic Anesthesia Review, pp.662-663
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York, NY
- DOI
- 10.1093/med/9780197584569.003.0274
- Alternative title
- Part XVIII Cardiovascular System Physiology
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2024
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984656626402771
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