Prevalence, Predictors and Decompressive Laparotomy in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

ABSTRACT: Background: Critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have several risk factors to suffer from abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Little is known about this subgroup. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for ACS in patients requiring ECMO to assess the effect of decompressive laparotomy (DL) and the impact on mortality. Methods: This retrospective observational study analyzed adult patients requiring ECMO in four intensive care units at the University Medical Center Regensburg between 01/2010 and 06/2020. Patients with clinically suspected ACS were screened by measuring intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) with the trans-bladder technique. ACS was defined as IAP > 20 mmHg and survival was defined as suc

SUBMITTER: Lubnow M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11818648 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature