Gastrointestinal perfusion in septic shock

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 679-694

  Van Haren, F M P ^a,b   Sleigh, J W ^a,b   Pickkers, P ^a,b   Van Der Hoeven, J G ^a,b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal blood flow; Indocyanine green; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microcirculation; Mucosal blood flow; Near infrared spectroscopy; Orthogonal polarisation spectral imaging; Reflectance spectrophotometry; Sepsis; Shock; Splanchnic circulation; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; LACTIC ACID;

GASTROINTESTINAL PERFUSION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORHTOGONAL POLARIZATION SPECTRAL IMAGING; PERFUSION; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; TONOMETRY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 35348812649     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500505     Document Type: Review

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