Narrative Reviews
The Gut in Critical Illness
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- Oami. Gut integrity in intensive care: alterations in host permeability and the microbiome as potential therapeutic targets. J Intensive Care 2025;13:16
- Soranno. A review of gut failure as a cause and consequence of critical illness. Crit Care 2025;29:91
- Dobos. Gastrointestinal problems in intensive care. Anaesth Intensive Care Med 2024;25(1):30-35
- Corriero. The central role of the gut in intensive care. Crit Care 2022;26:379
- Ghosh. The gastrointestinal microbiome in critical illness: a clinician’s guide to mechanisms, emerging tools and therapeutic questions. Crit Care Resusc 2025;27(4):100132
- Shimizu. Gut dysbiosis and its treatment in patients with critical illness. Acute Med Surg 2025;12(1):e70068
- Oami. Gut integrity in intensive care: alterations in host permeability and the microbiome as potential therapeutic targets. J Intensive Care 2025;13:16
- Soranno. A review of gut failure as a cause and consequence of critical illness. Crit Care 2025;29:91
- Cho. Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities of gut microbiome dysbiosis in critical illness. Gut Microbes 2024;16(1):2351478
- Dai. Impact of hyperoxia on the gut during critical illnesses. Crit Care 2024;28:66
- Sung. The human gut microbiome in critical illness: disruptions, consequences and therapeutic frontiers. J Crit Care 2024;79:154436
- He. Gut microbiome-based therapeutics in critically ill adult patients: a narrative review. Nutrients 2023;15(22):4734
- Martinez. Biomarkers and functional assays of epithelial barrier disruption and gastrointestinal dysmotility in critical illness: a narrative review. Nutrients 2023;15(18):4052
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Last updated August 6th, 2026