What drives venous return?

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (SG).

Editorial

Simon Gelman. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;39(3):196-197.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001608.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (SG).

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Comment in

How to end the 'venous return' controversy.
Dalmau R. Dalmau R. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022 Jul 1;39(7):629-630. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001689. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022. PMID: 35759296 No abstract available.
The interplay between 'rest volume', mean circulatory filling pressure, and cardiac output that drives venous return.
Chalkias A. Chalkias A. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Feb 1;40(2):146-147. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001742. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023. PMID: 36592010 No abstract available.

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