intestinal barrier injury
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Critically Ill Patients: 1. Age 18 to 80 years; 2. APACHE II score = 12; 3. No history of gastrointestinal diseases or surgery; 4. Provision of informed consent for sample collection. Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 1. Age 18 to 80 years; 2. No infectious diseases within the past month; 3. Meeting the clinical diagnostic criteria for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) (confirmed by radiological, endoscopic, or pathological examination); 4. No history of other gastrointestinal diseases or surgery; 5. Provision of informed consent for sample collection. Healthy Controls: 1. Age 18 to 80 years, in good general health; 2. No infectious diseases within the past month; 3.No history of gastrointestinal diseases or surgery; 4. Provision of informed consent for sample collection. Inclusion criteria for abdominal surgery patients: 1. Age 18 to 80 years; 2. Patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery; 3. Agree to sample collection and have the corresponding informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant or lactating women; 2. Patients with concomitant hepatic or renal dysfunction; 3. Patients with concomitant endocrine and metabolic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, thyroid disorders, or other immune-related diseases; 4. Alcohol consumption or use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, immunosuppressants, antimicrobial agents, probiotics, hormonal medications, gastric acid secretion inhibitors, or other drugs that may affect intestinal permeability within 2 weeks prior to enrollment; 5. Individuals with recent intestinal surgery or severe intestinal diseases: patients suffering from severe intestinal conditions, such as severe intestinal infections (e.g. cholera, severe bacillary dysentery) or intestinal ischemic diseases; 6. Known or suspected allergy to lactulose or mannitol.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Serum metabolites;Fecal metabolites; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve;Sensitivity;Specificity; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
General Hospital of the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China (Jinling Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School)