Parameters required to calculate: oxygen content; oxygen consumption; SVR; PVR.. 1

Oxygen content 1

Oxygen consumption. 4

Pulmonary vascular resistance. 15

 

Parameters required to calculate: oxygen content; oxygen consumption; SVR; PVR

 

Oxygen content

a)                 Line Callout 3 (No Border): solubility of oxygen in blood (ml/mmHg/100 ml blood at 37°C)C02

b)                 ml O2/100 ml blood

c)                   Equals O2 bound to Hb + dissolved O2

 

CO2 = (Hb conc [g/dl] ´ % sat ´ 1.34 ml O2/g Hb) + (0.003 ´ PO2)

 

Oxygen consumption

d)                 VO2

e)                 ml O2/min [minute O2 consumption]

f)                  Based on Fick equation

g)                 Difference in the O2 content between the arterial & venous blood multiplied by flow

h)                 VO2 = blood flow [l/min] ´ (CaO2 - CvO2)

 

2.                 Systemic vascular resistance

 

 

Pulmonary vascular resistance

 

 

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