The role of abdominal compliance, the neglected parameter in critically ill patients - A consensus review of 16. Part 2: Measurement techniques and management recommendations

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 406-432

  Malbrain, Manu L N G ^a   De Laet, Inneke ^a,b   De Waele, Jan J ^b   Sugrue, Michael ^c   Schachtrupp, Alexander ^d   Duchesne, Juan ^e   Van Ramshorst, Gabrielle ^f   De Keulenaer, Bart ^g,h   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ⁱ   Ahmadi Noorbakhsh, Siavash ^h   Mulier, Jan ^j   Pelosi, Paolo ^k   Ivatury, Rao ^l   Pracca, Francisco ^m   David, Marcelo ⁿ   Roberts, Derek J ^o  

^a ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^l VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

ⁿ HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Abdominal compartment; Abdominal compliance; Abdominal hypertension; Abdominal pressure; Abdominal volume; Abdominal wall; Diagnosis; Laparoscopy; Pressure volume relation; Risk factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL COMPLIANCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ABDOMINAL VOLUME; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABSCESS; ACIDOSIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BURN; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; ILEUS; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORGAN PERFUSION; PALPATION; PANCREATITIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH PARESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; WAIST HIP RATIO; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESSURE;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPLIANCE; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRESSURE;

EID: 84916937098     PISSN: 16425758     EISSN: 17312531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/AIT.2014.0063     Document Type: Article

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