Abdominal compartment syndrome.docVIP

/content/4/1/023 Review Abdominal compartment syndrome Jeffrey Bailey and Marc J Shapiro Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA Received: 4 January 2000 Accepted: 5 January 2000 Published: 24 January 2000 Crit Care 2000,4:23–29 ? Current Science Ltd Abstract Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) associated with organ dysfunction defines the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) adversely impacts pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, splanchnic, musculoskeletal/integumentary, and central nervous system physiology. The combination of IAH and d