Splanchnic blood flow in low-flow states.

Jakob SM

doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000050562.80268.af

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Splanchnic blood flow in low-flow states.

Jakob SM Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital-Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. stephan.jakob@insel.ch

2003-03-26

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Anesthesia and analgesia. - 2003

English Insufficient splanchnic blood flow in critically ill patients is the result of a multitude of different diseases, treatment modalities and their interplay, and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. A combination of diminished and heterogeneous mesenteric blood flow, impaired or exhausted regulatory mechanisms and adverse drug effects may coexist with normal systemic hemodynamics.

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