Open AccessLack of Correlation Between Failure of Gut Barrier Function and Septic Complications After Major Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
Author(s) -
Sunjay Kanwar,
Alastair Windsor,
Fenella Welsh,
G. R. Barclay,
Pierre J. Guillou,
John V. Reynolds
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200001000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , intestinal permeability , barrier function , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , gastroenterology , pneumonia , surgery , mathematical optimization , mathematics
To determine the influence of abnormal gut barrier function on the risk of septic complications in patients undergoing major resectional surgery for upper gastrointestinal cancer.