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Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Intra- Abdominal Pressure Measurement and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Prevention

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022
: Background: Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome are potentially life-threatening conditions. Measuring intra-abdominal pressure helps identify patients developing intra-abdominal hypertension, which allows for timely ...
Omnia Reyad, F. Mahmoud, Sabah Nazeh Mohmmed Eldriny   +2 more
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Physicians’ Knowledge of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Intra-Abdominal Hypertension in Saudi Arabia: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey Study

International Journal of General Medicine, 2022
Objective To determine physicians’ knowledge of abdominal compartment syndrome and intra-abdominal hypertension in Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional online survey study was conducted on physicians in Saudi Arabia between March and August 2022.
R. Qutob, A. Alkhannani, T. Y. Alassaf, Saad Othman Alhokail, Ghassan Bagazi, Abdulmalak Abdullah Alsaleh, M. Alqarni, Yousef M Alammari, Khalid Al Harbi, A. Elhazmi, Abdullah Bukhari, Abdullah Alaryni, Abdullah Alghamdi, O. Hakami   +13 more
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Percutaneous catheter drainage of secondary abdominal compartment syndrome: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Abdominal compartment syndrome can be a lethal entity when not treated in a timely fashion. Current standard of care involves emergent decompressive laparotomy by the surgical team.
Aditi Patel, MD, Chad Davis, MD, Trent Davis, MD   +2 more
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Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients: A narrative review of past, present, and future steps.

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2021
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Intra-abdominal hypertension is frequently present in critically ill patients and is an independent predictor for mortality.
M. Smit, M. van Meurs, J. Zijlstra
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Peritoneal Drainage as a Safe Alternative to Laparotomy in Children with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Pediatric Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Context: Abdominal compartment syndrome in children carries a mortality of 40–60%. Although definitive treatment for this condition traditionally involves decompressive laparotomy, percutaneous catheter drainage of associated ascites is described as an ...
Beatrix Hyemin Choi, Rivfka Shenoy, Dina Levy-Lambert, Jason C. Fisher, Sandra S. Tomita   +4 more
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Stable Gastric Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 Therapy for Primary Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Rats

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Recently, the stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 was shown to counteract major vessel occlusion syndromes, i.e., peripheral and/or central occlusion, while activating particular collateral pathways.
Marijan Tepes, S. Gojkovic, I. Krezic, Helena Žižek, H. Vraneš, Zrinko Madžar, G. Šantak, L. Batelja, M. Milavić, S. Sikirić, Ivica Kocman, Karol Šimonji, M. Samara, M. Knežević, I. Barišić, E. Lovrić, S. Štrbe, A. Kokot, I. Sjekavica, T. Kolak, A. Škrtić, S. Seiwerth, A. Boban Blagaić, P. Sikiric   +23 more
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

The American Journal of Nursing, 1999
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Samir Johna, Edward Taylor, Charlie Brown   +2 more
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Abdominal compartment syndrome among surgical patients

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2021
Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) develops when organ failure arises secondary to an increase in intraabdominal pressure. The abdominal pressure is determined by multiple factors such as blood pressure, abdominal compliance, and other factors that ...
Monica Leon, L. Chavez, S. Surani
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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, Kirkpatrick, Andrew W, Laupland, Kevin, Roberts, Derek J   +3 more
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Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in the critically ill liver cirrhotic patient–prevalence and clinical outcomes. A multicentric retrospective cohort study in intensive care

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Liver cirrhosis and ascites are risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS); however, data is scarce.
Rui Pereira, Maria Buglevski, R. Perdigoto, P. Marcelino, F. Saliba, S. Blot, J. Starkopf   +6 more
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