Failure of gastric pH control by antacids or cimetidine in the critically ill: A valid sign of sepsis

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 59-68

  Martin, Louis F ^a   Max, Martin H ^a   Polk, Hiram C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ATTAPULGITE; CIMETIDINE;

AMETIDINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STOMACH; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH PH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTACIDS; CIMETIDINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GUANIDINES; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0018835197     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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