ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Center

Apr 13th, 2021 - The current management of persistent biliary fistula includes biliary stenting and peritoneal drainage. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is preferred over percutaneous techniques and surgery. However, in patients with modified...

Mar 15th, 2021 - Severely burned patients are at risk for intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and associated complications such as organ failure, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), and death. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of IAH among sev...

Feb 19th, 2021 - Management of gastroschisis involves either primary or staged closure. Bowel ischemia and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are possible complications that can be related to a method of treatment. NIRS monitoring has never been applied in this ...

Feb 8th, 2021 - Endovascular repair has become the most frequent approach in the management of the ruptured infra-renal abdominal aorta aneurysm. When managing the ruptured patient with a significant retroperitoneal hematoma, abdominal compartment syndrome is oft...

Jan 31st, 2021 - Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), defined by the presence of increased intra-abdominal pressure>20mmHg in association with failure of at least one organ system, is a common and feared complication that may occur in the early phase of severe ac...

May 15th, 2013 - To update the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS) consensus definitions and management statements relating to intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). We conducted systematic or struc...

Apr 13th, 2021 - The current management of persistent biliary fistula includes biliary stenting and peritoneal drainage. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is preferred over percutaneous techniques and surgery. However, in patients with modified...

Mar 15th, 2021 - Severely burned patients are at risk for intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and associated complications such as organ failure, abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), and death. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of IAH among sev...

Feb 19th, 2021 - Management of gastroschisis involves either primary or staged closure. Bowel ischemia and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are possible complications that can be related to a method of treatment. NIRS monitoring has never been applied in this ...

Feb 8th, 2021 - Endovascular repair has become the most frequent approach in the management of the ruptured infra-renal abdominal aorta aneurysm. When managing the ruptured patient with a significant retroperitoneal hematoma, abdominal compartment syndrome is oft...

Jan 31st, 2021 - Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), defined by the presence of increased intra-abdominal pressure>20mmHg in association with failure of at least one organ system, is a common and feared complication that may occur in the early phase of severe ac...

Nov 10th, 2017 - Tension pneumoperitoneum (TPP), also known as hyperacute abdominal compartment syndrome or abdominal tamponade, is a rare condition most commonly associated with gastrointestinal (GI) perforation during endoscopy and iatrogenic insufflation of gas.

Aug 1st, 2016 - Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) was common after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, with a similar incidence for both open surgical and endovascular repair (EVAR), according to a report published in the European Journal of Vascu.

Mar 9th, 2015 - Discussion This patient presented with refractory hypotension, oliguria, metabolic acidosis, and anemia. A CT scan revealed a large abdominal wall hematoma, with collapse of the inferior vena cava. Her bladder pressure was initially high and furth...

Apr 23rd, 2013 - LAS VEGAS – Trauma patients should not get antibiotics after damage control or primarily closed laparotomies because this treatment may increase the risk of postsurgical intra-abdominal infections, according to a study from Virginia Commonwealth U.

Methods/Case Report A 69-year-old obese man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, and morbid obesity was diagnosed in 2010 with rectal cancer. He underwent a robot-assisted abdominop...