Abstract
Gastrointestinal (GI) tonometry has become established as an effective technique for the assessment of splanchnic perfusion in the clinical setting. Despite the many studies performed that have shown tonometrically derived variables to be both predictive of patient outcome and useful in the guidance of therapeutic interventions, it does not enjoy widespread use as a monitoring tool, probably because the saline method used until recently is labor intensive, requires long equilibration times and is prone to measurement errors.
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