Spill your guts! Perceptions of trauma association of Canada member surgeons regarding the open abdomen and the abdominal compartment syndrome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-286

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Karmali, Shahzeer ^a,d   Bergeron, Eric ^b   Stewart, T Charyk ^a   Findlay, Christie ^a   Parry, N ^c   Khetarpal, Suneel ^a,d   Evans, D ^d  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Critical care; Intra abdominal hypertension; Resuscitation; Surgical therapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONSENSUS; GENERAL SURGEON; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ABDOMEN; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMA ASSOCIATION OF CANADA; TRAUMA SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGEON; ABDOMEN; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FASCIA; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DECISION MAKING; FASCIA; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646106113     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000205638.26798.dc     Document Type: Article

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