BACKGROUND: If untreated, the @entity8479 ( @entity8479 ) has a mortality of nearly 100  %. Thus, its early recognition is of major importance for daily rounds on surgical intensive care units. @entity101 ( @entity101 ) is a poorly recognized entity, which occurs if intraabdominal pressure arises >12  mmHg. Measurement of the intravesical pressure is the gold standard to diagnose @entity101 , which can be detected in about one fourth of surgical intensive care @entity1 . PURPOSE: The aim of this manuscript is to outline the current diagnostic and therapeutic options for @entity101 and @entity8479 . While diagnosis of @entity101 and @entity8479 strongly depends on clinical experience, new diagnostic markers could play an important role in the future. Therapy of @entity101 / @entity8479 consists of five treatment "columns": intraluminal evacuation, intraabdominal evacuation, improvement of abdominal wall compliance, fluid management, and improved organ perfusion. If conservative therapy fails, emergency laparotomy is the most effective therapeutic approach to achieve abdominal decompression. Thereafter, @entity1 with an open abdomen require intensive care and are permanently threatened by the quadrangle of @entity393 , @entity121 , @entity393 , and an impaired immune function. As a consequence, complication rate dramatically increases after 8  days of open abdomen therapy. CONCLUSION: Despite many efforts, the mortality of @entity1 with @entity8479 remains unacceptably high. Permanent clinical education and surgical trials will be necessary to improve the outcome of our critically ill surgical @entity1 .

Acute XXXX : current diagnostic and therapeutic options.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['IAH', 'Intraabdominal hypertension'] @entity8479 :: ('MESH:D059325', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal compartment syndrome', 'ACS'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['heat loss', 'fluid loss'] @entity121 :: ('MESH:D009135', 'Disease') :: ['muscle proteolysis']
@entity8479 :: (MESH:D059325,Disease) :: ['abdominal compartment syndrome']
