Authors inform about the group of 8 patients with abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) occurred as a complication in large blunt injury of abdominal cavity. To the ACS diagnose, the measurement of intracystic pressure is used routinely, whose values correlate fully with values of intraabdominal pressure (IAP). In case of increasing values of IAP over 25 mm Hg with positive clinical signs of ACS...

Background: The clinical pertinence of increased abdominal pressures has gained attention with the high correlation with damage control surgery in trauma. Increasing abdominal compartmental pressures have been associated with an increased rate of multiple organ dysfunction in several studies. This led to the 2004 consensus conference of the World Society on Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS...

Ascites is an infrequent presentation of poorly controlled congestive cardiac failure. Tense ascites due to heart failure more infrequent. Whenever there tense ascites, intra-abdominal hypertension should always be considered. The most deleterious effect abdominal compartment syndrome. It a condition that frequently overlooked and underdiagnosed. Abdominal syndrome medical as well surgical emer...

UNLABELLED Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk of developing of intra abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). AIM This review seeks to define IAH and ACS, identify the aetiology and presentation of IAH and ACS, identify IAP measurement techniques, identify current management and discuss the implications of IAH and ACS for nursing practice. A se...

BACKGROUND Postoperative hemorrhage is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following liver resection. It typically presents early within the postoperative period, and conservative management is possible in the majority of cases. We present a case of late post-hepatectomy hemorrhage associated with overt abdominal compartment syndrome resulting from a localized functional compartment ...

Severe acute pancreatitis has high mortality, but multiple and timely interventions can improve survival. Early in the course of the disease aggressive fluid resuscitation is needed for the prevention and treatment of shock. In conjunction with leaking capillaries this results in increased tissue edema, which may lead to intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. Invasive ...