Anaes SAQs · Applied cardiovascular & respiratory physiology

Capillary exchange and the control of local blood flow

Primary — metabolic/myogenic/endothelial local control; active/reactive hyperaemia and autoregulation; Starling forces (hydrostatic vs oncotic, filtration at arterial end, reabsorption at venous, lymphatic return); revised Starling/glycocalyx; four mechanisms of oedema; HPV and microcirculatory dysfunction.