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Intra-abdominal pressure measurement: validation of intragastric pressure as a measure of intra-abdominal pressure [PDF]

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2007
The diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome depends upon the demonstration of an elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Direct measures of IAP are impractical in the critical care unit; intravesical pressure (IVP) and intragastric pressure (IGP) should represent acceptable surrogate measures.
D, Turnbull, S, Webber, C H, Hamnegard, G H, Mills   +3 more
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INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURES [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1906
Definition:1. Pressures upon solid viscera.2. Pressures within hollow viscera.3. Pressures within blood and lymph vessels.4. Pressures within the free peritoneal cavity.Pressures upon solid viscera cannot be other than those present in the free peritoneal cavity.Pressures within hollow viscera have been fairly established.Pressures within blood and ...
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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, De Waele, Jan, Kaplan, Mark, Sibaja, Pablo, Sugrue, Michael   +4 more
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: pathophysiology and definitions

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2009
"Intra-abdominal hypertension", the presence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure, and "abdominal compartment syndrome", the development of pressure-induced organ-dysfunction and failure, have been increasingly recognized over the past decade as causes ...
Cheatham Michael L
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INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1912
As the Roman gladiators in the days of old entered the arena to meet each other in deadly combat or to be torn to pieces by the fierce Numidian lions, it was their custom to greet their audience with the expression Morituri salutamus! "We who are about to die salute you!" Conscious of the wide divergence of opinion on this subject of intra-abdominal ...
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]

, 2010
Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W, Mammis, Antonios, Singh, Rahul, Thaker, Nikhil G, Yanni, Daniel S   +4 more
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Evaluation of pressure parameters intra-abdominal and thoracic in patients submitted to abdominoplasty [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2017
INTRODUCTION: The abdomen is an important aesthetic and functional segment in the characterization of body contouring. The plication of the rectus abdominis may cause various problems to the patient such as increased intra-abdominal and thoracic pressure.
Jefferson di Lamartine Galdino Amaral, Daniel Augusto dos Santos Soares, Juldasio Galdino de Oliveira Junior, Leonardo Martins Costa Daher, Luciano Gomes Moura, Fernando Cassio de Andrade, Edinei Fabiano Rebonatto, José Carlos Daher   +7 more
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Umbilical hernia rupture with evisceration of omentum from massive ascites: a case report. [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: The incidence of hernias is increased in patients with alcoholic liver disease with ascites. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an acute rise in intra-abdominal pressure from straining for stool as the cause of a ...
Daniel W Good, Emmanuel Eguare, Jonathan E Royds, Myles J Smith, Paul C Neary   +4 more
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FACTORS INCREASING INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH A COMPLICATED COURSE OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS

Медична наука України, 2022
Relevance. The frequency of development of intra-abdominal hypertension in patients with a complicated course of acute pancreatitis is 60-70% and leads to an increase in the mortality rate up to 62%. Acute peripancreatic fluid collection, occurring in 65.
I.V. Kolosovych, I.V. Hanol
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source