Abdominal compartment syndrome: An emergency department perspective

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-132

  Harrison, S E ^a   Smith, J E ^b   Lambert, A W ^a,b   Midwinter, M J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMPERIDONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DIURETIC THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DISEASE; HEMOFILTRATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; PARACENTESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW;

ABDOMEN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40449097250     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050344     Document Type: Review

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