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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2004 4(4):123-126; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkh033
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 4 Number 4 2004 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004

Oxygen delivery and haemoglobin

S. A. McLellan, MB ChB BSc MRCP FRCA
University Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh

T. S. Walsh, MB ChB BSc MRCP FRCA MD
University Department of Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh
Tel: 01312 423136, Fax: 01312 423138, E-mail: tim{at}walsh.sol.co.uk (for correspondence)

Oxygen must be transported effectively from the atmosphere to the tissues in order to sustain normal metabolism. An understanding of oxygen delivery is therefore central to the management of patients during anaesthesia, resuscitation and during critical illness. This review deals specifically with the transport of oxygen from the lungs to non-pulmonary tissues.


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