Mathematical Models.- Counter-Current Blood Flow in Tissues: Protection Against Adverse Effects.- Concentric Oxygen Diffusion in Tissue with Heterogeneous Permeability and Consumption.- Oxygen Pressures Calculated in a Tissue Volume with Parallel Capillaries.- Dependence of Cerebral Capillary Hematocrit on Red Cell Flow Separation at Bifurcations: A Computer Simulation Study.- Membrane Resistance to Oxygen Transport Inside Hybridoma Cells in Suspension Culture.- Methods and Instrumentation.- Development of a Micro Transmission Cell for In Vivo Measurement of SaO2 and Hb.- Online Measurements of SaO2, Ht and Hb Using a Micro Transmission Cell.- Krypton Filled Flashlamp: A Possible New Light Source for Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Vivo.- A Continuous Wave Spectroscopic (CWS) Study of Hemoprotein and Other Molecules in Mitochondrial Suspension, Cell Suspension and Tissue.- A Time Resolved Spectroscopic (TRS) Study of Migration of Visual to Infrared Waves in Brain Tissue in Relation to Absorption of Hemoproteins.- The Effect of Optode Positioning on Optical Pathlength in Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Brain.- Cerebral Cytochrome-C-Oxidase Copper Band Quantification in Perfluorocarbon Exchange Transfused Cats.- Interaction of Oxygen Partial Pressure and Energy Metabolism with the Relaxation Rate of Inorganic Phosphate: A 31P NMR Study.- PH Changes in Front of the Hydrogen Generating Electrode During Measurements with an Electrolytic Hydrogen Clearance Sensor.- Diffusion of Oxygen and Hydrogen Gas Is Faster Through a Layer of Suspended Cultured C6 Cells Than Through the Medium.- A Method for Measuring the Rate of Oxygen Release from Flowing Erythrocytes in Microvessels.- Spatial Variation of the Local Tissue Oxygen Diffusion Coefficient Measured In Situ in the Cat Retina and Cornea.- A Method to Measure the Diffusion Coefficient of Myoglobin in Intact Skeletal Muscle Cells.- A New Model for Long-Term Investigations of Cerebral Oxygen Supply in Rats.- An Experimental Set-Up for the Blood Perfused Working Rat Heart.- Comparative Distributions of Numerical and Areal Indices of Tissue Capillarity.- Blood and Blood Substitutes.- Hyperchylomicronemia, Oxygen Affinity and Proton Passage Across the Red Cell Membrane.- Facilitated Transport of Oxygen Through Hemoglobin Solutions.- Interaction Between Organic Phosphates and Sheep Hemoglobins.- Carbon Monoxide Bonding in a Model of Hemoglobin Differs Between the T and the R Conformation.- Carbon Monoxide Equilibrium Curve of Human Umbilical Cord Blood.- Effects of SO2 and pH on Blood-Gas Partition Coefficients of Inert Gases.- Stroma-Free Hemoglobin Solutions Prepared by Crystallization and Ultrafiltration Methods; Comparison of Composition and Coronary Vasoconstrictor Potency.- Oxygen Transport by Pyridoxylated Polyhemoglobin Solution.- Coronary Capillary Development Following Treated and Untreated Fetal Hypoxia in the Rat.- Perfluorochemical Oxygen Carriers and Ischaemic Tissues.- Oxygen-Transport Fluids Based on Perfluorochemicals: Effects on Liver Biochemistry.- Perfluorochemicals and Photodynamic Therapy in Mice.- Perfluorochemicals for Gas Transport and Improvement of Cell Cultures.- The Cardiovascular Effects of the Surfactant Pluronic F68 in Anesthetized Dogs.- Central Nervous System.- Oxygen Supply and Brain Function In Vivo: A Multiparametric Monitoring Approach in the Mongolian Gerbil.- Brain Ischemic Depolarization and Vasospasm in the Mongolian Gerbil: The Dependence on Energy Depletion Levels.- The Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation.- Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition and Cerebral Cortical Oxygenation in the Rat.- Platelet Activating Factor Antagonists Do Not Alter Normal Cerebral Blood Flow or CMRO2.- Cerebrocortical Oxygen Supply of Sclerotic Rats and Acute Diltiazem Therapy.- Spinal Cord Repair: Is Tissue Oxygenation an Important Variable?.- Cardiovascular System.- Morphometric Analysis of Capillary Nets in Rat Myocardium.- Fine Structure of Capillary Proliferation in Myocardium of Volume Overloaded Rats.- Effect of Tachycardia on Intracellular PO2 and Reserves of O2 Transport in Subendocardium of Mouse Left Ventricle.- Comparison of Tyrode and Blood Perfused Working Isolated Rat Hearts.- Response Time of Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption Following Stepwise Changes in Cardiac Energy Demand.- Left Ventricular Surface Tissue Oxygen Pressures Determined by Oxygen Sensitive Multiwire Electrodes in Pigs.- Epicardial Oxygen Tensions During Changes in Arterial PO2 in Pigs.- Oxygen Dependence of Energy State and Cardiac Work in the Perfused Rat Heart.- Effect of Local Anaerobiosis on Heart Rate.- Hypoxia Tolerance of Coronary Endothelial Cells.- Heterogeneous NADH Fluorescence During Post-Anoxic Reactive Hyperemia in Saline Perfused Rat Heart.- Myocardial Oxygen Supply in Coronary Artery Disease.- Arterial O2-Partial Pressure at Positive Respiratory Pressure in Hyperoxia for Verification of Patent Foramen Ovale?.- Skeletal Muscle.- Tissue Oxygenation of the Skeletal Muscle and of the Heart During Hemodynamic Alterations in Rats.- Oxygen Partial Pressure Distribution Within Skeletal Muscle: Indicator of Whole Body Oxygen Delivery in Patients?.- Does Arterial PCO2 Interfere with Hypoxia in Muscular Metabolism in Man?.- Tissue Oxygen Partial Pressure Distribution Within the Human Skeletal Muscle During Hypercapnia.- Muscle Oxygenation and Performance During Low Level Carbon Monoxide Exposure.- Temperature Effect on Oxygenation and Metabolism of Perfused Rat Hindlimb Muscle.- Superposition of Arteriolar Vasomotion Waves and Regulation of Blood Flow in Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation.- Skeletal Muscle PO2 During Hypodynamic Sepsis.- Actions of a Dopaminergic and ?2-Adrenergic Agonist on O2 Extraction by Canine Skeletal Muscle.- Respiratory System.- Pulmonary Circulation and Systemic Circulation: Similar Problems, Different Solutions.- Blood Gas Transfer of O2 and CO2 in the Lungs: New Models, Measurements and Conclusions.- Blood CO2 and pH Transients During Apnoea After O2 Breathing in Patients.- Cardiogenic Oscillations of He and SF6 in Expired Gas in Dogs.- Significance of Cardiogenic Mixing in Dog Lungs.- Theoretical Analysis of Factors Influencing Recovery of Ventilation Distributions from Inert Gas Washout Data.- Continuous Distributions of Ventilation and Gas Conductance to Perfusion in the Lungs.- Assessment of Stratified Inhomogeneity Within Distal Alveolar Space with Respect to Oxygen Uptake.- Computer Modeling of Gas Phase O2 Airway Transport.- Distribution of Ventilation and Diffusion with Perfusion in a Two-Compartment Model of Gas Exchange.- Oxygen Transport Through Lung Surfactant and the Surfactant Specific Proteins.- An Ultrastructural Study of Pulmonary Capillary Vessels in Blood Volume-Overloaded Rat.- Other Organs and Tissues.- Severity of Oxygen Free Radical Effects After Ischemia and Reperfusion in Intestinal Tissue and the Influence of Different Drugs.- Effect of Ethanol on Hepatic Oxygenation: Evidence of Hepatic Hypoxia.- Redistribution of Local Hepatic Blood Flow During Acute Bleeding and Prolonged Hemorrhagic Hypotension Studied Using Fluorochromed Plasma Proteins and Surface PO2 Measurements.- Support of Hypoxic Renal Cell Volume Regulation by Glycine.- Aerobic Glycolysis in the Retina of the Crab Ocypode Ryderi.- An Isolated Perfused Frog Skin Preparation for the Study of Gas Exchange.- Reduction of Gas Solubility in the Fish Swimbladder.- Gas Exchange in the Fish Swimbladder.- Fetus and Neonate.- Alterations in Intrauterine Oxygen Tension During the Estrous Cycle in the Rat and Its Regulation by Ovarian Steroid Hormones: A Comparative Study.- Changes in Blood PCO2 and Acid-Base Status in Chick Embryo Between Day 4 and 6 of Incubation.- Two-Dimensional Model of Tissue Oxygen Gradients in Avian Growth Cartilage.- Effect of Long-Term Hypoxia on Oxygen Transport Properties of Blood in Pregnant Guinea Pigs.- Alterations of the Fetal Capillary Bed in the Guinea Pig Placenta Following Long-Term Hypoxia.- Perinatal Changes in Hemoglobin Concentration in Rats.- Metabolic and Developmental Responses of the Calf to a Chronic Hypoxic Episode in the Immediate Newborn Period.- Whole Body.- Effects of Normobaric Hyperoxia on Hemodynamics and O2 Utilization in Conscious Dogs.- Acid-Base Characteristics of Steady-State Exercise in Rats Adapted to Simulated Altitude.- Experimental Support for the Theory of Diffusion Limitation of Maximum Oxygen Uptake.- Evidence Supporting the Existence of an Exercise Anaerobic Threshold.- O2 Supply Dependency in Patients Without Hyperlactemia.- The Effect of Epinephrine on Oxygen Consumption Overall Energy Metabolism, and Substrate Utilization in Rats.- Oxygen Transport Related Variables and Muscle Tissue Oxygenation in Critically Ill Patients With and Without Sepsis.- Autoregulation Remains Intact During Stable Xenon Inhalation.- Cardiovascular Responses, Hemodynamics and Oxygen Transport to Tissue During Moderate Isovolemic Hemodilution in Pigs.- Analysis of Oxygen Transport to Tissue During Extreme Hemodilution.- Tumors.- Size-Dependent Oxygenation and Energy Status in Multicellular Tumor Spheroids.- Blood Flow, Oxygen Consumption and Tissue Oxygenation of Human Tumors.- Oxygenation of Tumors Derived from ras Transformed Cells.- Tumour Radiosensitization by Clofibrate and Its Analogs: Possible Mechanisms.- Group Photo.- Author Index.