What does ACS stand for?

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

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8) Studies in trauma resuscitation suggest that targeting supranormal haemodynamic values by aggressive crystalloid resuscitation increases the risk of abdominal compartment syndrome and may increase mortality.

Acute volume therapy remains a controversial issue, with many ...

US), Cheatham (surgical education, Orlando Regional Medical Center, US), Malbrain (intensive care unit, ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen, Belgium), and Sugrue (trauma, Liverpool Hospital, Australia), abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is "a constellation of the physiological sequelae of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), termed intra- abdominal hypertension (IAH).

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

The initial presentation of constipation can be an intra-abdominal catastrophe such as abdominal compartment syndrome, bowel obstruction, or free perforation and peritonitis.

Massive fecal impaction presenting with megarectum and perforation of ...

Should an abdominal compartment syndrome develop, the fascia can be reopened and the skin edges closed without removing the packing.

Retrohepatic Vena Cava and Juxtahepatic Venous Injuries

The intended use of the system is for open abdominal wounds, with exposed viscera, including but not limited to abdominal compartment syndrome.

KCI Announces FDA Clearance of ABThera[TM] Open Abdomen Dressing

The published Guidelines looked at the pathophysiology of the abdomen, abdominal compartment syndrome, rationale for closing the abdominal cavity versus rationale for leaving it open, a comparison of various available techniques, as well as clinical phases in management.

KCI Sponsors Publication of Guidelines for the Management of the Open ...