Does gastric tonometry monitor splanchnic perfusion?

Jacques Créteur; Daniel De Backer; Jean Louis Vincent

doi:10.1097/00003246-199911000-00026

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In stable septic patients, the PCO2 gap is not correlated with global indexes of gut oxygenation. The interpretation of PCO2 gap is more complex than previously thought.

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