Enterocyte Damage in Critically Ill Patients Is Associated With Shock Condition and 28-Day Mortality*

Piton, Gaël; Belon, François; Cypriani, Benoît; Regnard, Jacques; Puyraveau, Marc; Manzon, C.; Navellou, Jean-Christophe; Capellier, Gilles

doi:10.1097/ccm.0b013e31828c26b5

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Enterocyte Damage in Critically Ill Patients Is Associated With Shock Condition and 28-Day Mortality*

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Jun 19, 2013

Authors:

Gaël Piton

François Belon

Benoît Cypriani

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Small bowel dysfunction in critically ill patients is frequent, underdiagnosed, and associated with poor prognosis. Intestinal fatty acid-binding protein is a marker of enterocyte damage, and plasma citrulline concentration is a marker of functional enterocyte mass. Primary objective was...

Subject

Medicine

Critically ill

Enterocyte

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