Reduction of Intra-abdominal Hypertension Is Associated with Increase of Cardiac Output in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the relationship between intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and cardiac output (CO) in mechanically ventilated (MV), critically ill patients.

Keywords

• stroke volume
• cardiac output
• intra-abdominal hypertension
• intra-abdominal pressure
• mechanical ventilation