Increased Intestinal Permeability Associated With Infection in Burn Patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 1313-1319

  Ziegler, Thomas R ^a   Smith, Robert J ^a,b   O'dwyer, Sarah T ^a   Demling, Robert H ^a   Wilmore, Douglas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARRIER ZONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THERMAL INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINES; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGE; PERMEABILITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023685295     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1988.01400350027003     Document Type: Article

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