Measuring intra-abdominal pressure outside the ICU: Validation of a simple bedside method

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 806-808

  Cheatham, Michael L ^a   Fowler, Jessica ^b  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRAIN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SCREENING TEST; URINARY CATHETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 66449085575     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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