Intra-abdominal hypertension is not reliable as an early predictor of mortality in the intensive care unit

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 447-450

  Lonardo, M ^a   Piazza, O ^a,b   De Marco, G ^a   De Robertis, E ^a   Servillo, G ^a   Tufano, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Hypertension; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 35148820124     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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