title: [Gastric tonometry. Experience of a polyvalent intensive care unit].
abstract: Tonomitor NG tube was positioned in the stomach of 11 critical ill patients during their stay in ICU and 48 measurements of intramucosal pH (pHi) have been performed. In 7 patients haemodynamic measurement were performed in concomitance with each pHi measure. The Authors looked for statistical relations between pHi and SAPS, pHa, HCO3-a, MAP, DO2/BSA, VO2/BSA, SvO2, diuresis and outcome. A good correlation was found between pHi and MAP (r = 0.47). Dividing the considered parameters into 2 groups in agreement with pHi values < or = and > 7.32 significant relations (p < 0.05) results between pHi and SAPS, MAP, pHa. More significant relations were found between pHi and outcome (p = 0.0015) and between the mean of the pHi values obtained from each patient (pHi-m) and outcome (p = 0.0005). The pHi-m of the surviving patients was always > 7.32 while the pHi-m of the deceased patients was always < 7.32. This results confirm the importance of the pHi measured during the stay in ICU as a prognostic index and suggest that the MAP may be the most important haemodynamic parameter which correlate with pHi values.
authors.affiliation: Unità di Terapia Intensiva, USL n. 18, Empoli, Firenze.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pappagallo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination / Q000295:instrumentation; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Tonometria gastrica. Esperienza di una TI polivalente.