title: [Abdominal compartment syndrome in an urological patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Abdominal compartment syndrome is an infrequent clinical entity, the course of which has a rapid progression with multiorgan compromise leading to a fatal outcome if appropriate and urgent action is not undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report the clinical case of a patient who developed the clinical picture after renal trauma. Diagnosis was obtained by CT scan and arteriography, afterwards the patient required ICU admission with intra-abdominal pressure monitoring, and several decompression laparotomies before definitive closure with a reabsorbable mesh.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Urologists should know the existence of this syndrome its appropriate treatment, because we manage patients who are candidates to suffer it. Due to the high mortality rate associated, it is essential to know how to recognize it in order to act fast.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fuentes Márquez
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crespí Martínez
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blázquez Izquierdo
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de la Peña Zarzuelo
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Redondo González
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silmi Moyano
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000150:complications; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure