Gastrointestinal permeability and absorptive capacity in sepsis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1144-1149

  Johnston, John D ^a   Harvey, Christopher J ^a   Menzies, Ian S ^a   Treacher, David F ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical care; critical illness; disaccharides; gastrointestinal permeability; gut; infection; intestinal mucosa; monosaccharides; sepsis; small intestine

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLGLUCOSE; CREATININE; DISACCHARIDE; LACTIC ACID; LACTULOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; XYLOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; URINARY EXCRETION;

3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE; ABSORPTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LACTULOSE; MALE; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; RHAMNOSE; SEPSIS; XYLOSE;

EID: 0029994122     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199607000-00013     Document Type: Article

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