Gastrointestinal problems experienced in an intensive care unit.
Medical emergencies involving the gastrointestinal tract include bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhea, toxic megacolon, pancreatitis, and hepatic failure. Each can be a cause for admission to an intensive care unit or occur de novo in a patient hospitalized in such a unit. The clinical presentation, management, and consequences of these varied gastrointestinal problems seen in an intensive care unit are presented followed by a recommended course of action.
Wright
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HI
Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73112.
Nadir
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A
Caraceni
P
P
Naz-Nadir
F
F
DeMaria
N
N
Van Thiel
D H
DH
D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012307:Risk Factors