TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal motility problems in critical care
T2 - A clinical perspective
AU - Aderinto-Adike, Abimbola O.
AU - Quigley, Eamonn M.M.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Advances in surgery, anesthesia and intensive care have led to a dramatic increase in the number of patients who spend time in our intensive care units (ICU). Gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders are common complications in the intensive care setting and are predictors of increased mortality and length of the stay in the ICU. Several risk factors for developing GI motility problems in the ICU setting have been identified and include sepsis, being on mechanical ventilation and the use of vasopressors, opioids or anticholinergic medications. Our focus is on the most common clinical manifestations of GI motor dysfunction in the ICU patient: gastroesophageal reflux, gastroparesis, ileus and acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon.
AB - Advances in surgery, anesthesia and intensive care have led to a dramatic increase in the number of patients who spend time in our intensive care units (ICU). Gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders are common complications in the intensive care setting and are predictors of increased mortality and length of the stay in the ICU. Several risk factors for developing GI motility problems in the ICU setting have been identified and include sepsis, being on mechanical ventilation and the use of vasopressors, opioids or anticholinergic medications. Our focus is on the most common clinical manifestations of GI motor dysfunction in the ICU patient: gastroesophageal reflux, gastroparesis, ileus and acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon.
KW - Colonic pseudo-obstruction
KW - Critical care
KW - Gastroesophageal reflux
KW - Gastroparesis
KW - Ileus
KW - Intensive care unit
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U2 - 10.1111/1751-2980.12147
DO - 10.1111/1751-2980.12147
M3 - Article
C2 - 24673805
AN - SCOPUS:84903905186
VL - 15
SP - 335
EP - 344
JO - Journal of Digestive Diseases
JF - Journal of Digestive Diseases
SN - 1751-2972
IS - 7
ER -