Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Children: The Dilemma of Treatment

Abstract

The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS) is a clinical entity, which can be defined as the adverse physiologic consequences that occur as a result of a severe increase in intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) ([2]), and is characterized by cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, splanchnic, and intra-cranial disturbances regardless of the cause.