Damage control resuscitation may lead to postoperative intra-abdominal hypertension or
abdominal compartment syndrome. These conditions may result in a vicious, self …

Background Damage control surgery is a management sequence initiated to reduce the risk
of death in severely injured patients presenting with physiological derangement. Damage …

Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically
Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and …

Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal
infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and …

Dr. Taylor disclosed serving as an ASPEN committee member and DNS past chair. Dr.
McClave disclosed other relationships with Nestle (consulting), Abbott (Speaker) …

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is the end point of a process whereby massive
interstitial swelling in the abdomen or rapid development of a space-filling lesion in the …

BACKGROUND Open abdominal management with negative-pressure wound therapy
(NPWT) is increasingly used for critically ill trauma and surgery patients. We sought to …

Since the mid-1990s the surgical community has seen a surge in the prevalence of open
abdomens (OAs) reported in the surgical literature and in clinical practice. The OA has …

Despite advances in resuscitation and surgical management of combat wounds, infection
remains a concerning and potentially preventable complication of combat-related injuries …

Objective: To determine whether active negative pressure peritoneal therapy with the
ABThera temporary abdominal closure device reduces systemic inflammation after …