Prevalence and predictors of intra-abdominal hypertension and compartment syndrome in surgical patients in critical care units at Kenyatta National Hospital

BACKGROUND: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) affects almost every organ sytem.If it is not detected early and corrected, mortality would be high. The prevalence of IAH and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) critical care units is not known. The aim of this sud...

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Autores principales: Muturi, A., Ndaguatha, P., Ojuka, Daniel, Kibet, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0120-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-017-0120-y

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