Is clinical examination an accurate indicator of raised intra-abdominal pressure in critically injured patients?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-211

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Brenneman, Frederick D ^b   McLean, Richard F ^d   Rapanos, Theodore ^c   Boulanger, Bernard R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URINARY BLADDER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034083213     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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