Acute intestinal failure in critically patients

Introduction: acute intestinal failure can cause mortalityin critically patients. Objective:provide the health professionals essential theoretical foundations that support their selfpreparationfor the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of acute intestinal failure. Method: a literature review was done at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Guantanamo, between January and July 2018, with a theoretical systematization on the subject. 45 articles found 145 that were published between 2010 and 2018 in electronic databases that were studied. Results: a case-study on the acute intestinal failure was developed which contained the following kernel of knowledges: definition, pathophysiology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment: Conclusions: it is unavoidable enabling professionals to prevention and early diagnosis of acute intestinal failure because it is determinedsepsis, multiple organ failure and mortality on critically ill patients.