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