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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 2/2003

01-02-2003 | Correspondence

Intestinal luminal lactate in shock-marker for altered epithelial cellular metabolism?

Authors: Jyrki J. Tenhunen, Jukka Takala

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2003

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Sir: We fully agree with Drs. Due and Perner that new methods for monitoring (intestinal) tissue-specific metabolism in critical illness are warranted. Intestinal luminal microdialysis [1] or dialysis membrane [2] based methods may be such approaches. …
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Metadata
Title
Intestinal luminal lactate in shock-marker for altered epithelial cellular metabolism?
Authors
Jyrki J. Tenhunen
Jukka Takala
Publication date
01-02-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2003
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-002-1599-5

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