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- Title
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.
- Authors
Sidiq, Suhail; Amir Zahoor, Syed; Dar, Bashir
- Abstract
Pathophysiological significance of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is hugely unrecognized and is a major cause of ICU mortality especially is left untreated and unrecognized. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome occurs due to increase in abdominal pressure from variety of insults which results in impaired perfusion of abdominal organs leading to Ischemia which inturn causes initiation of acute inflammatory response including cytokine release, free radical formation and decreased production of ATP. Elevated intra abdominal pressure leads to pathophysiological effects on pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, splanchnic and central nervous system which can mimic or be confused with other conditions such as ARDS or Sepsis. Monitoring of IAP should be done in all patients admitted in ICU who are at risk of developing ACS. Early recognition of ACS and prompt management by non surgical or surgical interventions is of paramount importance in preventing morbidity and mortality.
- Subjects
COMPARTMENT syndrome; BLOOD-vessel diseases in the anatomical extremities; ISCHEMIA; PERFUSION; CYTOKINES; FREE radical pathophysiology
- Publication
JK Practitioner, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 3/4, p65
- ISSN
0971-8834
- Publication type
Article