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Chronic splanchnic ischaemia: is tonometry a useful test?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9076438     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To find out if gastric tonometry is of sufficient accuracy to diagnose chronic splanchnic syndrome. DESIGN: Prospective open study. SETTING: University hospital, The Netherlands. SUBJECTS: 10 patients in whom chronic splanchnic syndrome had been suspected, and in 5 of whom it was subsequently confirmed. INTERVENTION: Standardised measurement of intramucosal gastric pH (tonometry) and multiplane angiography of the abdominal aorta and splanchnic arteries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Correlation between intramucosal gastric pH and angiographic and clinical findings. RESULTS: The mean basal pH preoperatively was 7.48 among 5 patients subsequently found to have splanchnic syndrome (group 1) and 7.41 among the 5 who did not (group 2). Those in group 1 all had extensive three vessel disease with stenoses of 70% or more in at least two of the three splanchnic arteries. The 5 patients in group 2 had no clinically important stenoses in either the coeliac or the superior mesenteric artery; 4 had occlusions of the inferior mesenteric artery. CONCLUSION: Gastric tonometry is of no use in the diagnosis of chronic splanchnic syndrome.
Authors:
R H Geelkerken; L J Schultze Kool; J Hermans; M T Zarza; J H van Bockel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica     Volume:  163     ISSN:  1102-4151     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Surg     Publication Date:  1997 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-05-22     Completed Date:  1997-05-22     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105264     Medline TA:  Eur J Surg     Country:  NORWAY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  115-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Angiography
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Gastric Mucosa / chemistry
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Ischemia / diagnosis*
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Splanchnic Circulation*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Eur J Surg. 1997 Dec;163(12):945-6   [PMID:  9449449 ]

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