Value of tonometry in postoperative high risk patients with digestive surgery

Authors
Carrasco, AR Inurrieta, LH Contin, MJP Duque, TC Medrano, CA Gimenez-Rico, HJD Sarmiento, JM Fernandez-Represa, JA
Citation
Ar. Carrasco et al., Value of tonometry in postoperative high risk patients with digestive surgery, REV ESP E D, 91(2), 1999, pp. 121-124
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology
Journal title
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS
ISSN journal
11300108 → ACNP
Volume
91
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
121 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
1130-0108(199902)91:2<121:VOTIPH>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Intramucosal pH (pHi) in splanchnic organs is a reliable index of local tis sular perfusion, and can be measured by tonometry. At the Surgical Intensiv e Care Unit we used tonometry to determine tissular perfusion in patients w ho underwent major digestive surgery. We report a prospective study of 20 patients with elective and emergency su rgery. All of them underwent gastric tonometry and 10 of them, who had colo nic disease, also underwent sigmoid tonometry. The values below pHi = 7.30 were associated with increased morbidity and mo rtality.