title: Surgical decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome after emergency cardiac surgery.
abstract: Abdominal compartment syndrome typically occurs in patients after abdominal surgical procedures or trauma. Abdominal compartment syndrome is also increasingly described in conditions not related to abdominal operations, such as fluid resuscitation or burns. We report two patients who required surgical abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome that developed early after emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. No intraabdominal abnormalities were found at operation. Both patients had a protracted clinical course, but they survived and were discharged from the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Wolf
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poelaert
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Herck
authors.forename: Jan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: De Waele
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012151:Resuscitation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy