Intra-abdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome: Updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1190-1206

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Roberts, Derek J ^b   De Waele, Jan ^c   Jaeschke, Roman ^d   Malbrain, Manu L N G ^e   De Keulenaer, Bart ^f   Duchesne, Juan ^g   Bjorck, Martin ^h   Leppaniemi, Ari ⁱ   Ejike, Janeth C ^j   Sugrue, Michael ^k   Cheatham, Michael ^l   Ivatury, Rao ^m   Ball, Chad G ^a   Reintam Blaser, Annika ⁿ   Regli, Adrian ^f,o,p   Balogh, Zsolt J ^q   D'Amours, Scott ^r   Debergh, Dieter ^c   Kaplan, Mark ^s   Kimball, Edward ^t   Olvera, Claudia ^u   more..

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^l ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^r LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^s ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u UNIVERSIDAD ANÁHUAC   (Mexico)

more..

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Critical care; Evidence based medicine; Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; Intra abdominal hypertension; World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FLUID BALANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879090297     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2906-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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