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Developed by Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901), the Fick principle has been applied to the measurement of cardiac output. Its underlying principles may also be applied in a variety of clinical situations. The essence of the Fick principle is that blood flow to an organ can be calculated using a marker substance if the following information is known: *Amount of marker substance taken up by the organ per unit time *Concentration of marker substance in arterial blood supplying the organ *Concentration of marker substance in venous blood leaving the organ In Fick's original method, the "organ" was the entire human body and the marker substance was oxygen. The principle may be applied in different ways. For example, if the blood flow to an organ is known, together with the arterial and venous concentrations of the marker substance, the uptake of marker substance by the organ may then be calculated. ==Variables== In Fick's original method, the following variables are measured:〔 - "Indirect Measurement of Cardiac Output"〕 *VO2, oxygen consumption in ml of pure gaseous oxygen per minute. This may be measured using a spirometer within a closed rebreathing circuit incorporating a CO2 absorber *Ca, the oxygen concentration of blood taken from the pulmonary vein (representing oxygenated blood)〔Arterial blood〕 *Cv, the oxygen concentration of blood from an intravenous cannula (representing deoxygenated blood) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fick principle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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