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Abdominal compartment syndrome and acute intestinal distress syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22244213     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Seriously ill patients frequently present intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) as complications, and the associated mortality is very high. This review offers an update on the most controversial aspects of these entities: factors favoring their appearance, the most common causes, prognosis, and methods of measuring intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), physiopathological consequences in relation to the different organs and systems, and the currently accepted treatment measures (medical and/or surgical). Simultaneously to the strictly physical mechanisms of injury, such as direct compression of intra-abdominal organs and vessels, the transmission of IAP to other compartments, and the drop in cardiac output, a series of immune-inflammatory mediators generated in the intestine itself may also intervene. Hypoperfusion, sustained ischemia and the ischemia-reperfusion phenomenon, would act upon the microbiota, intestinal epithelium and intestinal immune system, triggering a systemic inflammatory response and multiorgan dysfunction that appears in the final stages of ACS.
Authors:
A Sánchez-Miralles; G Castellanos; R Badenes; R Conejero
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medicina intensiva / Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Intensiva y Unidades Coronarias     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1578-6749     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Intensiva     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9207689     Medline TA:  Med Intensiva     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG; SPA     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier España, S.L. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, España.
Vernacular Title:
Síndrome compartimental abdominal y síndrome de distrés intestinal agudo.
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