Microcirculation. Current Physiologic, Medical, and Surgical Concepts

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Page xv, Richard M. Effros
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-7, RICHARD M. EFFROS
2 - Anatomy of the Microcirculation, Pages 11-17, JOHANNES A.G. RHODIN
3 - Assessment of Capillary Permeability Using Lymphatic Protein Flux: Estimation of the Osmotic Reflection Coefficient, Pages 19-32, A.E. TAYLOR, J.C. PARKER, D.N. GRANGER, N.A. MORTILLARO, G. RUTILI
4 - Capillary Exchanges: Small Solutes, Pages 33-50, FRANCIS P. CHINARD
5 - Pharmacology of the Microcirculation, Pages 51-105, BURTON M. ALTURA
6 - Structure and Function of the Sympathetic Nerves in the Pulmonary Vascular Bed of the Dog, Pages 107-124, PHILIP J. KADOWITZ, DAVID S. KNIGHT, CARL A. GRUETTER, STANLEY GREENBERG, ALBERT L. HYMAN
7 - The Basement Membrane in the Microvasculature, Pages 125-146, ANTONIO MARTINEZ-HERNANDEZ
8 - Endothelial Metabolism, Pages 147-169, JAMES W. RYAN, UNA S. RYAN
9 - The Dynamics of the Microcirculation as a Tool for the Study of Events in Diabetes, Pages 173-190, JØRN DITZEL
10 - The Present Status of Basement Membrane Thickening in Diabetes, Pages 191-204, JOSEPH R. WILLIAMSON, CHARLES KILO
11 - The Microcirculation and Pathology of the Diabetic Retina, Pages 205-227, J.G. CUNHA-VAZ
12 - The Functional and Degenerative Pathology of the Diabetic Kidney, Pages 229-245, DONALD E. McMILLAN
13 - Factors Promoting and Preventing the Fluidity of Blood, Pages 249-266, HOLGER SCHMID-SCHÖNBEIN
14 - Quantitative Assessment of Microvascular Integrity by Tissue Oxymetry in Patients, Pages 267-280, L. SUNDER-PLASSMANN, M. KESSLER, K. MESSMER, D.W. LÜBBERS
15 - Hemodilution as a Therapy in Occlusive Vascular Disease of the Limbs, Pages 281-292, H. RIEGER, M. KÖHLER, W. SCHOOP, HOLGER SCHMID-SCHÖNBEIN
16 - Retinal Vascular Occlusions: Hemodilution, a New Therapeutic Concept?, Pages 293-298, MICHAEL WIEDERHOLT
17 - Stabilization of the Circulation by Hemodilution in Elective and Cardiac Surgery, Pages 299-313, KONRAD MESSMER
Index, Pages 315-317