Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Chronic Constipation

• Päätekijät: Helene Flageole (Tekijä), Jodie Ouahed (Tekijä), J. Mark Walton (Tekijä), Yasmin Yousef (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is defined as an elevated intraabdominal pressure with evidence of organ dysfunction. The majority of published reports of ACS are in neonates with abdominal wall defects and in adults following trauma or burns, but it is poorly described in children. We describe...