Clinical awareness of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in 2007
E J Kimball1, W Kim, M L Cheatham
1Department of Surgery, 30 North 1900 East, 3B 110 School of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA. edward.kimball@hsc.utah.edu
Introduction:
There has been an exponentially increasing interest in intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH). The aim of this review is to evaluate the evolution in clinical awareness of this syndrome.
Methods:
A PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine) search and a ScienceDirect (Elsevier B.V.) search of recent literature were performed in order to assess clinical awareness of IAH and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).
Results:
In total, 489 articles and 8 clinical surveys have been identified. The results of the landmark papers and the surveys will be briefly discussed in this review.
Conclusion:
Clinical awareness of ACS is steadily increasing. It is time to pay attention to ACS, but further, it is time to move forward with therapeutic bundles in a multi-centered, outcome trial on IAH/ACS therapy in order to elevate IAH/ACS management to an international standard of care.
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