The Gastrointestinal Tract: The Canary of the Body?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1247-1248

  Dantzker, David R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

CELL HYPOXIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0027176655     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510100097040     Document Type: Article

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