Semicontinuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement using an intragastric Compliance catheter [PDF]
, 2007 OBJECTIVE: To compare intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurements obtained from an intragastric Compliance catheter with the pressure measured directly in the abdominal cavity.
Berrevoet, Frederik +5 more
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What every ICU clinician needs to know about the cardiovascular effects caused by abdominal hypertension [PDF]
, 2015 The effects of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) on cardiovascular function are well recognized and include a combined negative effect on preload, afterload and contractility.
De Keulenaer, Bart L +2 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016 Abdominal compartment syndrome with increased abdominal pressure resulted in multi-organ dysfunctions can be lethal in children. The open abdomen procedure intentionally leaves the abdominal cavity open in patients with severe abdominal sepsis and ...
Wei Lai, Yang Wu, Bo Xiang
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Is intra-abdominal hypertension a missing factor that drives multiple organ dysfunction syndrome? [PDF]
, 2014 In a recent issue of Critical Care, Cheng and colleagues conducted a rabbit model study that demonstrated that intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) may damage both gut anatomy and function. With only 6 hours of IAH at 25 mmHg, these authors observed an 80%
De Waele, Jan +3 more
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How to deal with an open abdomen? [PDF]
, 2015 Appropriate open abdomen treatment is one of the key elements in the management of patients who require decompressive laparotomy or in whom the abdomen is left open prophylactically.
Bjorck, Martin +4 more
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History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G. +9 more
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Abdominal compartment syndrome successfully treated with neuromuscular blockade
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2011 A 48 year old male admitted to the intensive care unit after a cardiac arrest complicated by a stroke intra-operatively during automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement.
Kris T Chiles, Colin M Feeney
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Prevalence and mortality of abdominal compartment syndrome in severely injured patients: A systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in severely injured patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Many efforts have been made to improve outcome of patients with ACS.
Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van +3 more
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Recognizable neonatal clinical features of aplasia cutis congenita [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC), classified in nine groups, is likely to be underreported, since milder isolated lesions in wellbeing newborns could often be undetected, and solitary lesions in the context of polymalformative syndromes could ...
Antona V. +5 more
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Acute abdominal compartment syndrome [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 2009 Acute abdominal compartment syndrome can be an elusive clinical diagnosis for which critical care physicians must exercise a high index of suspicion in the differential diagnosis of hemodynamic compromise and hemorrhagic shock. The purpose of these Rounds is to describe a case of abdominal compartment syndrome and to summarize the pathophysiology ...
Nancy, Deslauriers +2 more
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