Active clinical trials for "Intra-Abdominal Hypertension"

Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is a frequent cause of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients. Secondary IAH is mainly caused by excessive fluid resuscitation.The World Society for the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS) recommends using diuretics to remove excess fluids and decrease intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). However, critically ill patients may not tolerate negative fluid balance in the acute phase of their disease and the injured kidney may not respond to diuretics. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of furosemide on fluid balance, IAP and kidney function in critically ill patients.

Decompressive laparotomy with temporary abdominal closure, will decrease of overall mortality and major morbidity in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome during acute pancreatitis in comparison with percutaneous puncture with placement of abdominal catheter.

This study evaluates the efficacy of intensive surveillance, prevention and treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension in ICU patients. In the first two months patients will be screened and undergo usual care. In the following 10-months patients will have more intensive screening and active measures towards prevention and treatment according to best practices.

Liver cirrhosis patients in Intensive Care present intra-abdominal hypertension and this is an independent risk factor for increased organ disfunction and mortality. Patients will be randomized into intermittent or continuous passive paracentesis and the clinical results of these two strategies for preventing and treating intra-abdominal hypertension will compared.

This study assess the relation between intra abdominal pressure and collapsibility index of inferior vena cava in emergency bedside ultrasonography before and after fluid therapy.

Intra-abdominal hypertension can increase the pleural pressure, and then end-expiratory transpulmonary pressures will be turn to negative, Pulmonary atelectasis/acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome will appear. In the group of people who suffering intra-abdominal hypertension, the investigators use the pressure of esophagus to speculate the Intrathoracic pressure, and to setting PEEP in order to decrease the happening of ALI/ARDS, which may decrease morbidity in this population.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes of intraocular pressure due to the increase of intra abdominal pressure.

The goal of this study is to describe the influence of the chest wall on the respiratory system mechanics in morbidly obese patients and in patients with high intra-abdominal pressure. The effects of increasing and decreasing positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on chest wall and total respiratory system mechanics, lung volumes and gas exchange will be evaluated, both during controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation. Patients will be studied, first, during the acute phase of respiratory failure, when requiring intubation and controlled mechanical ventilation. Then, patients will be evaluated again during weaning from the ventilator to assess the influence of PEEP in assisted ventilation prior to extubation.

Intra-abdominal pressure(IAP) is defined as a steady state pressure of the abdominal cavity many studies have proved IAP as a prognostic factor that elevated IAP influences hemodynamics and multiple organs dysfunction In previous studies, most of them was based on the septic patients of medical diseases. And it is rare about sepsis of surgical diseases such as traumatized or postoperative patients We hypothesized that intra-abdominal hypertension may affect clinical course such as length of stay of intensive care unit, weaning of mechanical ventilation, proceeding of enteral feeding and mortality Our study was aimed to investigate prevalence of IAH and risk factors and to analyze clinical course and prognosis influenced by IAH in surgical patients with severe sepsis

The correlations between gastric and urinary bladder pressures with Intra-abdominal pewssure have not been addressed