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25 kwi 2019 · Key message 1: Epidemiology and IAH. The average incidence of IAH in critically ill patients is around 25–30% on admission, and the cumulative incidence is around 50% during the first week of ICU stay. There is an association between patients having IAH and respiratory failure.
25 kwi 2019 · What’s new in medical management strategies for raised intra-abdominal pressure: evacuating intra-abdominal contents, improving abdominal wall compliance, pharmacotherapy, and continuous negative extra-abdominal pressure.
11 gru 2019 · Adverse outcomes in older adults are compounded by mechanical hemodynamic changes, arterial stiffness, neurohormonal and autonomic dysregulation, and declining renal function. This review highlights the current evidence and summarizes recent guidelines on hypertension, pertaining to older adults.
24 mar 2020 · Increased extraluminal volume may accumulate freely in the abdominal cavity or localized in abdominal collections. Free abdominal air, fluid, or blood can be diagnosed easily by bedside ultrasound and can be evacuated by percutaneous catheter drainage.
1 gru 2019 · An important first step is to measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). If IAH (IAP > 12 mmHg) is present, medical therapies should be initiated to reduce IAP as small reductions in...
26 kwi 2019 · Observational data from the Framingham Study suggest that the lifetime risk of developing hypertension is >90% for an individual aged 55 to 65 years. 6 Thus, the continuously increasing number of older individuals ultimately leads to a growing population with high blood pressure (BP).
14 mar 2023 · Hypertension is highly prevalent in older patients. There are specific risks and threats in treating hypertension in the elderly: polypathology, polytreatments, reduced compliance, special conditions, frailty.
