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Does gastric tonometry-guided therapy reduce total mortality in critically ill patients?

Zhang and colleagues have recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis of six studies and conclude that ‘gastric tonometry guided therapy can reduce total mortality in critically ill patients’. So why did gastric tonometry come and go, and what can we learn from this piece of modern hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mythen, Michael G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0893-x
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Sumario:Zhang and colleagues have recently published a systematic review and meta-analysis of six studies and conclude that ‘gastric tonometry guided therapy can reduce total mortality in critically ill patients’. So why did gastric tonometry come and go, and what can we learn from this piece of modern history?