The gastrointestinal tract as a barrier in sepsis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 196-211

  Rowlands, Brian J ^a   Soong, Chee Voon ^b   Gardiner, Keith R ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032979989     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0007142991902213     Document Type: Review

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