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Massively increased intra-abdominal pressure affects cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal function in critically ill patients.
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Alerts clinicians to multiorgan effects of intra-abdominal hypertension; leaves open whether decompression improves outcomes in critical illness.
Departments of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, and the Uniformed School of Health Sciences, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland 10814
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Cullen et al. (1988) studied this question. Massively increased intra-abdominal pressure affects cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal function in critically ill patients.
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