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Highlights From: The measurement of intra-abdominal pressure as a criterion for abdominal re-exploration, Ann. Surg. 199 (1984) 28–30. Many risk factors of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome have been reported. Guidelines treating the disease have been published from different perspectives including diagnosis, measurement and management. From: Updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the World Society of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. Intensive Care Med. 2013; 39 (7): 1190–1206. There are 2 therapeutic options: surgical and non-surgical. From: The polycompartment syndrome: a concise state-of-the-art review. Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2014; 46 (5): 433–50. During Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, multiple organ dysfunctions may be revealed leading to a polycompartment syndrome.

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