Download or read book Gastrointestinal Issues in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Rahul S. Nanchal and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on Gastrointestinal Critical Care. Articles include: Non variceal Upper Gastrointestinal bleeds; Lower Gastrointestinal bleeds; Mesenteric Ischemia; Peritonitis; The open abdomen and intra abdominal infections; Gut motility issues in critical illness; Gut as the motor of multiple organ dysfunction; Intra abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome; Abdominal circulatory interactions in critical illness; Severe acute pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis; and Nutrition in the critically ill.