A Clinician's Guide to Management of Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Critically Ill Patients

Inneke E De Laet; Manu L N G Malbrain; Jan J De Waele

doi:10.1186/s13054-020-2782-1

A Clinician's Guide to Management of Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Critically Ill Patients

Crit Care. 2020 Mar 24;24(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-2782-1.

Authors

Inneke E De Laet¹, Manu L N G Malbrain^{2

3}, Jan J De Waele⁴

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit and High Care Burn Unit, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen, ZNA Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Brussels (UZB), Jette, Belgium.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Campus Jette, Jette, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Jan.DeWaele@UGent.be.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2020. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Cavity / abnormalities*
Abdominal Cavity / physiopathology
Compartment Syndromes / physiopathology
Compartment Syndromes / therapy*
Critical Illness / therapy
Disease Management
Humans
Intensive Care Units / organization & administration
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / complications*
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / physiopathology