Prevalence of Intraabdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in an Intensive Care Unit

CHEST Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 193A
Author(s):  
Jesus Sosa Garcia ◽  
Angel Perez Calatayud ◽  
Raul Carrillo Esper
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Compartment Syndrome ◽  
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ◽  
Intraabdominal Hypertension ◽  
Abdominal Compartment

scholarly journals Relationship between Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and intra-abdominal pressure in intensive care unit

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Rocha Costa de FREITAS ◽  
Olival Cirilo Lucena da FONSECA-NETO ◽  
Carla Larissa Fernandes PINHEIRO ◽  
Luiz Clêiner ARAÚJO ◽  
Roberto Esmeraldo Nogueira BARBOSA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment ◽  
Compartment Syndrome ◽  
Organ Failure ◽  
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ◽  
Abdominal Pressure ◽  
Abdominal Hypertension ◽  
Failure Assessment ◽  
Abdominal Compartment

BACKGROUND: Patients in the intensive care unit are at risk of developing intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. AIM: To describe the relation between Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) vs. intra-abdominal pressure and the relation between SOFA and risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension. METHOD: In accordance with the recommendations of the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, the present study measured the intra-abdominal pressure of patients 24 h and 48 h after admission to the unit and calculated the SOFA after 24 h and 48 h. Data was collected over two-month period. RESULTS: No correlation was found between SOFA and intra-abdominal pressure. Seventy percent of the patients were men and the mean age was 44 years, 10% had been referred from general surgery (with a mean intra-abdominal pressure of 11) and 65% from neurosurgery (with a mean intra-abdominal of 6.7). Only three (7.5%) presented with intra-abdominal hypertension. The highest SOFA was 15 and the most frequent kind of organ failure was neurological, with a frequency of 77%. There was a strong correlation between the SOFA after 24 h and 48 h and peak respiratory pressure (ρ=0.43/p=0.01; ρ=0.39/p=0.02). CONCLUSION: No correlation was found between SOFA and intra-abdominal pressure in the patients covered by the present study. However, it is possible in patients undergoing abdominal surgery or those with abdominal sepsis. Não houve correlação entre o SOFA e a pressão intra-abdominal nos pacientes aqui estudados; contudo, sinalizou ser possível em pacientes com operação abdominal ou naqueles com sepse abdominal.

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