Iliofemoral venous pressure correlates with intraabdominal pressure in morbidly obese patients

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Arfvidsson, Berndt ^a,b,e   Eklof, Bo ^a,b,c,d   Balfour, John ^a,c,d  

^a Straub Foundation ^*

^b Straub Foundation   (United States)

^c STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; ILIOFEMORAL VENOUS PRESSURE; LEG SWELLING; LEG VARICOSIS; LYMPH FLOW; MORBID OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCER; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS STASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION, INTRINSIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 29044450978     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900607     Document Type: Article

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