Gastrointestinal function in intensive care patients: terminology, definitions and management. Recommendations of the ESICM Working Group on Abdominal Problems
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Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
22310869
Description
Acute gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction and failure have been increasingly recognized in critically ill patients. The variety of definitions proposed in the past has led to confusion and difficulty in comparing one study to another. An international working group convened to standardize the definitions for acute GI failure and GI symptoms and to review the therapeutic options.
Date of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Reintam Blaser, Annika | |
Malbrain, Manu L N G | |
Starkopf, Joel | |
Fruhwald, Sonja | |
De Waele, Jan | |
Braun, Jan-Peter | |
Poeze, Martijn | |
Spies, Claudia |
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Series
Intensive care medicine
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
ISSN
0342-4642
Access(Rights)
open.access