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GASTRIC TONOMETRY SUPPLEMENTS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SYSTEMIC INDICATORS OF OXYGEN TRANSPORT

DOI

145

Citations

0

References

1994

Year

Michael Chang, Michael L. Cheatham, Loren D. Nelson, Edmund J. Rutherford, John A. Morris
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Abstract

Uncorrected splanchnic malperfusion is associated with a higher incidence of organ dysfunction and mortality. Gastric tonometry supplements information provided by systemic indicators of oxygen transport during resuscitation of critically ill trauma patients.