Surgical decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome after emergency cardiac surgery.

@article{citeulike:2951361, abstract = {Abdominal compartment syndrome typically occurs in patients after abdominal surgical procedures or trauma. Abdominal compartment syndrome is also increasingly described in conditions not related to abdominal operations, such as fluid resuscitation or burns. We report two patients who required surgical abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome that developed early after emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. No intraabdominal abnormalities were found at operation. Both patients had a protracted clinical course, but they survived and were discharged from the hospital.}, address = {Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.}, author = {De Wolf, A. and Poelaert, J. and Herck, I. and De Waele, J. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2951361}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.041}, issn = {1552-6259}, journal = {The Annals of thoracic surgery}, keywords = {cardio, compartiment}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {2133--2135}, posted-at = {2008-07-02 07:53:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Surgical decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome after emergency cardiac surgery.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.041}, volume = {85}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2951361 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2951361 TI - Surgical decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome after emergency cardiac surgery. JF - The Annals of thoracic surgery VL - 85 IS - 6 SP - 2133 EP - 2135 AD - Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. SN - 1552-6259 N2 - Abdominal compartment syndrome typically occurs in patients after abdominal surgical procedures or trauma. Abdominal compartment syndrome is also increasingly described in conditions not related to abdominal operations, such as fluid resuscitation or burns. We report two patients who required surgical abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome that developed early after emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. No intraabdominal abnormalities were found at operation. Both patients had a protracted clinical course, but they survived and were discharged from the hospital. KW - cardio KW - compartiment AU - De Wolf, A AU - Poelaert, J AU - Herck, I AU - De Waele, JJ PY - 2008/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.041 ER -