Clinical examination is an inaccurate predictor of intraabdominal pressure

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1428-1431

  Sugrue, Michael ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^a   Jones, Felicity ^a   Bishop, Gillian ^a   Flabouris, Arthas ^a   Parr, Michael ^a   Stewart, Anthony ^a   Hillman, Ken ^a   Deane, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0036885976     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6411-8     Document Type: Article

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