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Does operative re-exploration and decompression prevent renal failure and death in postoperative patients with acute intra-abdominal hypertension and oliguria?
Does operative re-exploration and decompression prevent renal failure and death in postoperative patients with acute intra-abdominal hypertension and oliguria?
Operative re-exploration and decompression is critical for postoperative patients with intra-abdominal pressure >25 mmHg and oliguria to prevent irreversible renal failure and death.
May warrant re-exploration in abdominal hypertension with oliguria; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 case report, needs prospective validation.
Acute elevation of intra-abdominal pressure above 30 mmHg caused oliguria in 11 postoperative patients. Operative re-exploration and decompression in seven patients resulted in immediate diuresis. Four patients who were not re-explored developed renal failure and died. If intra-abdominal pressure rises above 25 mmHg in the early postoperative period and is associated with oliguria and normal blood pressure and cardiac index, the patient should undergo re-exploration and decompression of the abdomen.
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