Central venous oxygen saturation in septic shock - a marker of cardiac output, microvascular shunting andor dysoxia.docVIP

Haase and Perner Critical Care 2011,15:184 /content/15/4/184 COMMENTARY Central venous oxygen saturation in septic shock - a marker of cardiac output, microvascular shunting and/or dysoxia? Nicolai Haase and Anders Perner* See related research by Textoris et al., /content/15/4/R176 mortality and that this correlation is likely due to Abstract impaired ability to extract oxygen. In a retrospective Shock therapy aims at increasing central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO ), which is a marker of inadequate oxygen delivery. In this issue of Critical Care, Textoris and c