Intra-Abdominal Hypertension

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A 6th Vital Sign--Potential Use of Nasogastric Tube for Intra-abdominal Pressure Monitoring Method to Detect Feeding Intolerance in Very Low Birth-Weight Preterm Infants (<1500 g). 
  • Decompressive laparotomy for refractory intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury. 
  • Fulminant Clostridium difficile enteritis causing abdominal compartment syndrome. 
  • Laparotomy during endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms increases mortality. 
  • Mechanical ventilation in the context of a "bag-in-box" respiratory system. 
  • Who should we feed? Western Trauma Association multi-institutional study of enteral nutrition in the open abdomen after injury.