Methodological background and strategy for the 2012-2013 updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the abdominal compartment society

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages s63-s77

  Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Roberts, Derek J ^b   Jaeschke, Roman ^c   De Waele, Jan ^d   De Keulenaer, Bart ^e   Duchesne, Juan ^f   Bjorck, Martin ^g   Leppäniemi, Ari ^h   Ejike, Janeth C ⁱ   Sugrue, Michael ^j   Cheatham, Michael ^k   Ivatury, Rao ^l   Ball, Chad G ^m   Blaser, Annika Reintam ⁿ   Regli, Adrian ^a,d   Balogh, Zsolt J ^o   D'Amours, Scott ^p   De Laet, Inneke ^q   Malbrain, Manu L N G ^q  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^k Department of Surgical Education ^*  (United States)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^p LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^q Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Abdominal compartment society; Abdominal compartment syndrome; Assessment; Critical care; Development and evaluation criteria; Evidence based medicine; Grades of recommendation; Intra abdominal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TELECONFERENCE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; TIME FACTOR;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982056627     PISSN: 16425758     EISSN: 17312531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/AIT.a2015.0081     Document Type: Review

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