Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The concentration of oxygen, lactate and glucose in the central veins, right heart, and pulmonary artery: a study in patients with pulmonary hypertension. | Available online http content 11 2 R44 Research The concentration of oxygen lactate and glucose in the central veins right heart and pulmonary artery a study in patients with pulmonary hypertension Guillermo Gutierrez1 Anthony Venbrux2 Elizabeth Ignacio2 Jonathan Reiner3 Lakhmir Chawla4 and Anish Desai1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine The George Washington University Medical Center Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington District of Columbia 20037 USA 2Department of Radiology The George Washington University Medical Center Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington District of Columbia 20037 USA 3Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine The George Washington University Medical Center Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington District of Columbia 20037 USA 4Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The George Washington University Medical Center Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington District of Columbia 20037 USA Corresponding author Guillermo Gutierrez ggutierrez@ Received 21 Dec 2006 Revisions requested 24 Jan 2007 Revisions received 31 Jan 2007 Accepted 11 Apr 2007 Published 11 Apr 2007 Critical Care 2007 11 R44 doi cc5739 This article is online at http content 11 2 R44 2007 Gutierrez et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Decreases in oxygen saturation SO2 and lactate concentration Lac from superior vena cava SVC to pulmonary artery have been reported. These gradients ASO2 and A Lac are probably created by diluting SVC blood with blood of lower SO2 and Lac . We tested the hypothesis that ASO2 and A Lac result from mixing SVC and inferior vena cava IVC blood streams. Methods This was a prospective .
