Clinical review Splanchnic ischaemia.docVIP

Critical Care August 2002 Vol 6 No 4 Jakob Review Clinical review: Splanchnic ischaemia Stephan M Jakob Consultant, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland Correspondence: Stephan Jakob, stephan.jakob@insel.ch Published online: 8 April 2002 Critical Care 2002, 6:306-312 This article is online at /content/6/4/306 ? 2002 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Abstract Inadequate splanchnic perfusion is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, particularly if liver dysfunction coexists. Heart failure, increase