Critical care issues in managing complex open abdominal wound

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Dutton, William D ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a   Miller, Richard S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; emergency general surgery; open abdomen; trauma

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROPOFOL; STEROID; SULBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACIDOSIS; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON ISCHEMIA; CRYSTALLOID; DEEP SEDATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; EDEMA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MILIEU THERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PARALYSIS; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERITONITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; STOMA; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEEP SEDATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860742859     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066610396162     Document Type: Review

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