Acute gastrointestinal injury in the intensive care unit: diagnosis, severity assessment, and general approaches to correction
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Introduction. Acute gastrointestinal injury is a polymorphic syndrome with many causes. The objective was to consider modern aspects of diagnosis and assessment of severity of acute gastrointestinal injury. Materials and methods. The literature search and analysis was performed in the medical information systems PubMed and eLibrary, using following keywords: acute gastrointestinal injury, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (iFABP), D-lactate. Results. In this review, we present the scores for assessment of the severity of acute gastrointestinal tract injury, clinical symptoms, as well as new laboratory and instrumental diagnostic approaches. Conclusion. Early detection of this category of patients is vital to provide a personalized intensive therapy aimed at restoration of adequate function of the gastrointestinal tract.
Institution: Northern State Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407913928