Abdominal compartment syndrome: A new indication for operative intervention in severe acute pancreatitis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1479-1481

  Wong, Kenneth ^a,b   Summerhays, C F ^a  

^a GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Severe acute pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FATALITY; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646840102     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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