Review of abdominal damage control and open abdomens: Focus on gastrointestinal complications

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Smith, Brian P ^a   Adams, Raeanna C ^b,g   Doraiswamy, Vijay A ^c,g   Nagaraja, Vivek ^c,g   Seamon, Mark J ^d,g   Wisler, Johathan ^e,g   Cipolla, James ^f,g   Sharma, Rohit ^g   Cook, Charles H ^e,g   Gunter, Oliver L ^b,g   Stawicki, Stanislaw P A ^e,g  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g OPUS 12 Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Damage control; Gastrointestinal complications; Intra abdominal hypertension; Open abdomen

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DAMAGE CONTROL; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPEN ABDOMEN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WARMING; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; REWARMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955664646     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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