Vasoactive agents and the gut: Fueling the motor of multiple organ failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3107-3108

  Taneja, R ^a   Marshall, J C ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Catecholamines; Dobutamine; Dopexamine; Gastrointestinal peristalsis; Gastrointestinal tract; Ileus; Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; Vasoactive therapy

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033843947     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200008000-00085     Document Type: Editorial

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