Damage control and the open abdomen: Challenges for the nonsurgical intensivist

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 567-576

  Griggs, Cornelia ^a   Butler, Kathryn ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal compartment syndrome; damage control surgery; enteroatmospheric fistula; open abdomen

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACIDEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTESTINE FISTULA; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FASCIOTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FASCIOTOMY; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 84986617635     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066615594352     Document Type: Review

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