Abdominal compartment syndrome in the head-injured patient

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1487-1488

  Moulton, Richard J ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Head injury; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034960393     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00038     Document Type: Editorial

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