title: Secondary abdominal compartment syndrome causing failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: The abdominal compartment syndrome has been associated with trauma or primary abdominal procedures. The secondary abdominal compartment syndrome which is not associated with a primary abdominal process is seen in burns and other clinical situations where aggressive fluid resuscitation is needed. This case report describes a secondary abdominal compartment syndrome that occurred during an elective coronary revascularization which resulted in an inability to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). After a decompressive laparotomy was done, the patient was successfully weaned from bypass.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA.
authors.forename: Jamal F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rabbi
authors.forename: Ganpat
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valaulikar
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Appling
authors.forename: Tiffany K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bee
authors.forename: Bridget F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Ostrow
authors.forename: Darryl S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weiman
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059325:Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000209:etiology