[The Gastrointestinal Tract in Intensive Care Medicine - Overview 2020].

Abstract

Gastrointestinal dysfunctions and failure are common clinical incidents in critically ill patients, which are recognized as both, primary and even more often as secondary diagnoses as consequence of an already existing disease or as a corollary of intensive care treatment. These functional complications may aggravate into life-threatening emergencies and are highly associated with prognosis and increased mortality.This article gives an overview about the pathophysiology, diagnostics and therapy of three very relevant current topics in intensive care medicine: prophylaxis and management of gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal motility and absorption disorders as well as different forms of liver dysfunctions.

• Authors: Alexander Wree, Christoph Roderburg, Frank Tacke
• Journal: Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) (Dtsch Med Wochenschr) Vol. 145 Issue 23 Pg. 1708-1715 (11 2020) ISSN: 1439-4413 [Electronic] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Der Gastrointestinaltrakt in der Intensivmedizin – Übersicht 2020.
• PMID: 33202455 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: Thieme. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Critical Care
• Critical Illness (therapy)
• Gastrointestinal Diseases (diagnosis, prevention & control, therapy)
• Gastrointestinal Tract (physiology)
• Humans