title: Does gastric tonometry work? Yes.
abstract: Gastric tonometry is gaining acceptance rapidly as a noninvasive method of monitoring tissue dysoxia in a key organ system that previously could not be assessed easily. In addition to being noninvasive, gastric tonometry also identifies dysoxia in shock sooner than currently available monitors. This allows for more timely intervention with a subsequent improvement in prognosis in defined groups of patients. Tonometry data that suggest continued dysoxia despite intervention should signal clinicians to seek alternative diagnoses or to question the efficacy of current therapies, including antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000592:standards*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D008365:Manometry / Q000592:standards*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012769:Shock / Q000378:metabolism