Localised abdominal compartment syndrome: Bladder-over-gastric pressure ratio (B/G ratio) as a clue to diagnosis

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-106

  Malbrain, Manu L N G ^a   De Laet, I E ^a   Willems, A ^a   Van Regenmortel, N ^a   Schoonheydt, K ^a   Dits, H ^a  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Abdominal pressure; Bladder pressure; Gastric pressure; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CREATININE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID; LINEZOLID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLIDOCANOL; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECOMPRESSION; DIURESIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EXTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART MASSAGE; HEART RATE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; JEJUNOSTOMY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MANOMETER; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OLIGURIA; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUS SHEATH HEMATOMA; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; RETROPERITONEUM; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TRACHEOSTOMY; ULTRAFILTRATION; URINARY CATHETER; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 77951991317     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2010.021     Document Type: Article

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