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WSACS 2013 — Updated Consensus Definitions and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, 2013

Measure intra-abdominal pressure in at-risk patients, use protocolized medical measures to reduce intra-abdominal pressure, and perform decompressive laparotomy for overt abdominal compartment syndrome when indicated.

Conditional recommendationModerate certainty

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Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS)

Recognition and treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome: bladder pressure, perfusion, decompression, fluids, ventilation, and organ failure.

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