Erschienen in:
01.04.2005 | Correspondence
Fluid vs. air for semicontinuous intra-abdominal pressure measurements using a compliance catheter
verfasst von:
Jan J. De Waele, Erik A. I. Billiet, Eric Hoste, Stijn I. Blot, Francis A. Colardyn
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 4/2005
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Sir: The use of a balloon-tipped esophageal catheter (Compliance catheter, International Medical Systems, Zutphen, The Netherlands), with the balloon inserted in the stomach may be an interesting alternative for the transvesical route for measurement of the intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), as the gastric route has proved to be a reliable method to measure IAP [
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3]. There are no data whether the balloon should be filled with water or air, or what volume that should be used. Therefore we carried out a laboratory experiment to determine which medium and volume is best suited. …