Population
26 high-risk surgical patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in a 24-bed university-affiliated…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
36 hours postoperatively for measurements, clinical…
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May precede postoperative hepatic dysfunction; hypothesis-generating for regional cytokine monitoring in high-risk surgery.
Increased regional inflammatory response and hepatosplanchnic blood flow with intramucosal acidosis precede the development of postoperative hepatic dysfunction in high-risk surgical patients.
Poeze et al. (2002) studied this question.
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