The role of abdominal compliance, the neglected parameter in critically ill patients - A consensus review of 16. Part 1: Definitions and pathophysiology

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 392-405

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

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^j FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k AZ Sint Jan Brugge Oostende AV   (Belgium)

^l VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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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 PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL VOLUME; ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAPHRAGM; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; ORGAN PERFUSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; ABDOMEN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; NOMENCLATURE; PRESSURE;

ABDOMEN; COMPLIANCE; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84916940869     PISSN: 16425758     EISSN: 17312531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/AIT.2014.0062     Document Type: Article

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