Pitfalls in gastrointestinal permeability measurement in ICU patients [1]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2216-

  Hietbrink, Falco ^a   Besselink, Marc G H ^a   Renooij, Willem ^a   Leenen, Luke P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTULOSE MANNITOL TEST; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 36448977619     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0771-3     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Fink MP (2002) Clinical tests of gastrointestinal permeability that rely on the urinary recovery of enterally administered probes can yield invalid results in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 28:103-104
2. Oudemans-van Straaten HM, van der Voort PJ, Hoek FJ, Bosman RJ, van der Spoel JI, Zandstra DF (2002) Pitfalls in gastrointestinal permeability measurement in ICU patients with multiple organ failure using differential sugar absorption. Intensive Care Med 28:130-138