%0 Journal Article
%T Study of the occurrence of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in patients of blunt abdominal trauma and its correlation with the clinical outcome in the above patients
%A Ajeet Ramamani Tiwari
%A Jayashri Sanjay Pandya
%J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Surgery : WJES".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13017-016-0066-5
%X Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurements have been identified as essential for diagnosis and management of both intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). It has gained prominent status in ICUs worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the utility of measurement of rise in bladder pressure to assess IAP levels in blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) patients
%K Blunt abdominal trauma
%K Intra-abdominal pressure
%K Abdominal compartment syndrome
%K Intra-abdominal hypertension
%K Bladder pressure
%K Non-operative management
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750285/