Abdominal compartment syndrome: Clinical manifestations and predictive factors

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-136

  McNelis, John ^a,b   Marini, Corrado P ^a   Simms, H Hank ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Intraabdominal hypertension; Resuscitation; Shock; Surgical intensive care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0037386276     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200304000-00009     Document Type: Review

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