Splanchnic ischemia and gut mucosal injury in sepsis and the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1697-1710

  Pastores, Stephen McCarthy ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ANIMALS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ISCHEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0029792273     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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