Informational Links
Also visit "Teaching Materials" for information and possibly other links
Organizations focusing on IAH and ACS
- World Society of Abdominal
compartment syndrome
Site with extensive information, documents, teaching materials, etc related to IAH/ACS - World Society of Abdominal
compartment syndrome management algorithms
Direct link to PDF documents that are useful for assessing and managing patients at risk of developing IAH
Educational links
- Organization
for the Advancement of critical care monitoring
Intraabdominal hypertension - the ARDS of the gut! - FREE CME video lecture - Organization
for the Advancement of critical care monitoring
Multiple lectures from experts related to critical care monitoring - FREE CME video lectures - Update
on IAH / ACS
Lecture series featuring 17 different presentations related to IAH/ACS -
IAH and ACS Management -
improving outcomes
SCCM podcast of an interview with Dr. Cheatham discussing the results of his outcomes trial that showed improved patient outcomes when a IAH treatment protocol was adopted -
Surgical Management of ACS
Royal college of Surgeons of Ireland lecture series with 10 brief presentations by world experts relating to abdominal compartment syndrome and the surgical management of open abdomens - Osun.org - Multiple links to articles and slides related to IAH and ACS
Corporate educational links
- OpenAbdomen.org
Inventor of the Wittman patch providing extensive data regarding open abdomen therapy - OpenAbdomen.com
KCI - maker of the AbThera device providing extensive data regarding open abdomen therapy -
Woundsite.info
KCI - maker of the AbThera device sponsored lectures by world experts on open abdomen management
Products associated with management of IAH and ACS
- AbViser
Wolfe Tory Medical web site with data regarding the AbViser intraabdominal pressure monitoring kit - AbThera
KCI medical web site with data regarding the AbThera open abdomen management system - Wittman Patch
Star Surgical web site with data regarding the Wittman patch product
On line Journal articles related to IAH and ACS
- Acta Clinica Belgica special edition WSACS 2007 international conference publications
- Andrade, ACS due to retroperitoneal hematoma, Clinics 2007
- Ball, IAH and ACS, Scand J Surg 2007
- Balough, Supranormal trauma resuscitation leads to ACS, Arch Surg 2003
- Carlson, Advanced practice nursing overview of IAH and ACS
- Cheatham, Non-operative Management of intraabdominal hypertension, World J Surg 2009
- Cheatham, Results of international conference recommendations for intervention, Int Care Med 2007
- Chen, ACS in pancreatitis, W J Gastroenterology 2008
- Chung, IAH / ACS in child with Wilm's Tumor, Hong Kong Med J 2009
- Cil, Ovarian hyperstimulation and ACS, Human reproduction 2000
- Dauplaise, ACS in septic shock, Crit Care Research and practice 2010
- DeWaele, IAH in pancreatitis, Eur J Trauma Surg 2008
- Ejike, Pediatricians insight into ACS, Crit Care Res Pract 2010
- Javeri, IAH and ACS review 2010
- Kimball, IAH the ARDS of the gut, International Journal of Intensive Care 2006
- Kirkland, Intraabdominal pressure monitoring for hospitalists, ACP 2010
- Malbrain, International conference on IAH - definitions, Int Care Med 2006
- Malbrain, ACS - its time to pay attention, Int Care Med 2006
- McNelis, Risk factors for ACS in surgery, Arch Surgery 2002
- Saaiq, IAH and ACS in Pakistani surgical cases, J Ayu Med Coll 2009
- Wittman, ACS review, 2002 (this data is quite out of date, but some of the physiology diagrams are very good and worth the look).
On line slide shows related to IAH and ACS