Treatment of Increasing Intracranial Pressure Secondary to the Acute Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Patient with Combined Abdominal and Head Trauma

Acute abdominal compartment syndrome has recently been shown to raise intracranial pressure (ICP). This may increase the risk of ischemic neuronal damage by decreasing cerebral perfusion pressure. We report the successful management of a patient with severe multisystem injury in whom abdominal decom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care Infection, and Critical Care, 1995-12, Vol.39 (6), p.1168-1170
Hauptverfasser:	Bloomfield, Geoffrey L., Dalton, Joseph M., Sugerman, Harvey J., Ridings, Philip C., DeMaria, Eric J., Bullock, Ross
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen - physiopathology Abdominal Injuries - complications Abdominal Injuries - physiopathology Accidental Falls Acute Disease Adult Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries - complications Brain Injuries - physiopathology Compartment Syndromes - complications Compartment Syndromes - physiopathology Compartment Syndromes - therapy Humans Intracranial Pressure Male Medical sciences Multiple trauma Pressure Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	Acute abdominal compartment syndrome has recently been shown to raise intracranial pressure (ICP). This may increase the risk of ischemic neuronal damage by decreasing cerebral perfusion pressure. We report the successful management of a patient with severe multisystem injury in whom abdominal decompression dramatically reduced high ICP unresponsive to medical measures.
ISSN:	0022-5282 1529-8809
DOI:	10.1097/00005373-199512000-00028