Introduction A 23-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care following damage control laparotomy for a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He required massive transfusion intraoperatively. You are concerned that he has an increasingly tense and distended...
IAH is defined by the World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome as: A sustained or repeated pathological elevation in IAP >12 mmHg It is graded according according to pressure: Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV 12-15 mmHg 16-20 mmHg 21-25 mmHg >25...
Commonly seen in ventilated critically ill patients A large prospective study of at-risk critical care patients found an incidence of: 33% of patients developing intrabdominal hypertension 3.6% of patients developing abdominal compartment...
