Emerging treatments
Splanchnic near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
One meta-analysis of studies in newborns, which assessed the use of abdominal NIRS as a marker of bowel ischaemia in newborns, showed that NIRS accurately detects local tissue oxygenation mismatch and can be used to monitor gastrointestinal oxygenation and detect bowel ischaemia in this patient group.[89] Low gastrointestinal regional blood flow was consistently associated with bowel ischaemia.[89] Further investigation is needed to confirm the utility of NIRS as a biomarker for bowel ischaemia in adults.
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