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Adrian Regli1, Bart Leon De Keulenaer2, Annamaria Palermo3

  • 1Intensive Care Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Alma Street, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia; Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley, (Perth) WA 6009, Australia; Medical School, The Notre Dame University, Henry Road, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia.

Journal of Critical Care
|October 22, 2017
PubMed
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Keywords:
Abdominal compartment syndromeAirway pressuresCuff leakIntra-abdominal hypertensionIntra-abdominal pressurePositive end-expiratory pressureRespiratory compliance

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