Abdominal catastrophes in the intensive care unit setting

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1017-1044

  Rezende Neto, Joao B ^a   Rotstein, Ori D ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Clostridium difficile colitis; Intra abdominal infection; Surgical emergencies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM ULCER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION; SURGICAL EMERGENCIES;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DUODENAL ULCER; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84884979945     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2013.06.005     Document Type: Review

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