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Is Splanchnic Perfusion a Critical Problem in Sepsis?

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Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction

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For years variations in splanchnic perfusion have been known to occur in critically ill patients, since they have an important role in the control of systemic blood pressure and volume. In patients with an acute hypovolaemia, due to haemorrhage, maintaining an adequate perfusion through the splanchnic system is considered secondary to maintaining perfusion through vital organs [1]. In previous decades little attention, therefore, was paid to maintaining an adequate splanchnic perfusion in these patients.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, USA

    A. E. Baue M.D.

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University of Trieste, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy

    G. Berlot M.D.  & A. Gullo M.D.  & 

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

    J.-L. Vincent M.D.

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Poeze, M., Greve, J.W.M., Ramsay, G. (1999). Is Splanchnic Perfusion a Critical Problem in Sepsis?. In: Baue, A.E., Berlot, G., Gullo, A., Vincent, JL. (eds) Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2248-5_17

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