Abdominal compartment syndrome in a patient resulting from pneumothorax [5]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1614-

  Ali, Syed Z ^a   Freeman, Bradley D ^b   Coopersmith, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141788332     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1903-z     Document Type: Letter

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