Measurement and knowledge of intra-abdominal pressure in Italian Intensive Care Units

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Biancofiore, G ^a   Bindi, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment; Abdominal hypertension; Abdominal pressure; Intensive Care Unit

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 40549136870     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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