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THE ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Surgical Clinics of North America, 19961. ACS is caused by an acute increase in intra-abdominal pressure, usually as a result of intra-abdominal hemorrhage. 2. The most common and significant complications are respiratory and renal failure. 3. Abdominal decompression promptly reverses the complications of ACS. 4. Failure to recognize and treat ACS is inevitably fatal.
J M, Burch +3 more
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Abdominal compartment syndrome
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2005Intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), the pathophysiologic implications of elevated intraabdominal pressure (IAP), have detrimental effects on all organ systems and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
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Abdominal compartment syndrome.
Minerva chirurgica, 2010Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are frequently encountered in critically ill patients and carry a high morbidity and mortality risk. Despite these facts, IAH/ACS are still overlooked by many physicians and therefore timely diagnosis is not made and treatment is often inadequate. All clinicians should be aware
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Abdominal compartment syndrome: A review
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2009The aims of this review were to summarize a) the consensus definitions of normal and pathologic intra-abdominal pressure (IAP); b) the techniques to measure IAP; c) the risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS); d) the pathophysiology of ACS; and e) the current recommendations for management and ...
Ana P C P, Carlotti, Werther B, Carvalho
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Pathophysiology of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Transplantation Proceedings, 2006For over a century, raised intra-abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) has been known. The physiology and clinical results of this syndrome produce significant morbidity and quite high mortality rates. Increased intra-abdominal pressure causes progressive hypoperfusion and ischemia of the intestines as well as other peritoneal and retroperitoneal ...
V, Vegar-Brozovic, J, Stoic-Brezak
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Abdominal compartment syndrome in children
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2001OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency, predisposing factors, clinical presentation, and outcome of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in critically ill pediatric patients. DESIGN: A prospective study over a 5-yr period. SETTING: Pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care, university hospital.
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Children
Critical Care Nurse, 2012Abdominal compartment syndrome is defined as sustained intra-abdominal pressure greater than 20 mm Hg (with or without abdominal perfusion pressure <60 mm Hg) associated with new organ failure or dysfunction. The syndrome is associated with 90% to 100% mortality if not recognized and treated in a timely manner.
Jennifer, Newcombe +2 more
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Understanding abdominal compartment syndrome
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015Not ...
De Waele, J J +2 more
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The abdominal compartment syndrome: a complication with many faces
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 2001Lately renewed attention has been given to the abdominal compartment syndrome. Despite of this there still remain a lot of controversies with regard to the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this syndrome and the therapeutic options.Two cases of patients with this syndrome are described and the data from animal and human trials concerning the ...
Berger, P. +3 more
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Understanding abdominal compartment syndrome
Nursing, 2009Learn to recognize intra-abdominal hypertension early to avoid this potentially devastating complication.
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