G R Doglio, J F Pusajo, M A Egurrola, G C Bonfigli, C Parra, L Vetere, M S Hernandez, S Fernandez, F Palizas, G Gutierrez
OBJECTIVE: To determine if measurements of gastric intramucosal pH have prognostic implications regarding ICU mortality. DESIGN: Prospective comparison of outcome. SETTING: General adult ICUs in two teaching hospitals. PATIENTS: Eighty consecutive patients age 18 to 84 yrs (mean 63.4), 50 men and 30 women, 55% in the medical and 45% in the surgical services. METHODS: Gastric intramucosal pH was measured on ICU admission and again 12 hrs later...
August 1991: Critical Care Medicine