What Is Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and How Should It Be Managed?

Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 573-576

  Braslow, Benjamin ^a   Stawicki, S Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

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EID: 81755181239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5476-4.00081-X     Document Type: Chapter

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