Abdominal compartment syndrome: A concise clinical review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1304-1310

  An, Gary ^a   West, Michael A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Damage control; Decompressive laparotomy; Intra abdominal hypertension; Intra abdominal pressure; Massive resuscitation; Temporary abdominal closure

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOMPERIDONE; ENEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; BODY POSITION; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEMOFILTRATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PARACENTESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 41649104388     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31816929f4     Document Type: Review

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