Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Open Access

Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, University of Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Publications

• Review Article   
  Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Pediatric Intensive Care: Two Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Cecilia Bigio* and Cesar Lemos
  
  The abdominal compartment syndrome affects critically ill patients under pediatric intensive care. It is characterized by abdominal hypertension with dysfunction of one or more organ systems. Unrestricted fluid resuscitation is one of the risk factors for its development. Early recognition of intra abdominal hypertension is necessary so that clinical or surgical measures can be taken in order to prevent the evolution to abdominal compartment syndrome and a subsequent irreversible multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The aim of this study is to report two cases of abdominal compartment syndrome in an intensive care unit in a pediatric hospital, conduct a literature review on the subject and alert to the need to adopt internal routines to ensure early monitoring and approach to intra abdominal hypertension, before a multiple organ dysfunction syndrome sets in, th.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2471-8505.23.9.001

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