The following are selected lectures from the Third World Congress of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WCACS), which was held in Antwerp, Belgium, in February 2007. WSACS members have unrestricted access to over 200 lectures that were presented at the Third WCACS. To gain full access to all of the lecture materials available from this Congress, please click on the "Join WSACS" link above.
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TYPE   |
LECTURE |
SPEAKER |
SLIDES |
| Tutorial | The effect of intra-abdominal pressure changes on the renal resistive index as measured by renal duplex sonography | A. Kirkpatrick | |
| Tutorial | Intra-abdominal hypertension and renal pathophysiology | A. Kirkpatrick | |
| Tutorial | The abdominal compartment syndrome and mechanical traumatic injury | A. Kirkpatrick | |
| Tutorial | How to deal with recurrent ACS: The frozen abdomen | A. Kirkpatrick | |
| Tutorial | Secondary ACS | A. Kirkpatrick |  |
| Tutorial | Elevated intraabdominal pressure in common conditions and procedures | A. Larsson | |
| Tutorial | Subcutaneous anterior abdominal fasciotomy | A. Leppäniemi | |
| Tutorial | ACS and pancreatitis | A. Leppäniemi | |
| Tutorial | Defining gastrointestinal failure | A. Reintam | |
| Tutorial | What is the best animal model? | A. Schachtrupp | |
| Tutorial | Future IAP measurement techniques | A. Schachtrupp | |
| Tutorial | Hepatosplanchnic implications of ACS | A. Wilmer | |
| Tutorial | Optimising ventilation | A. Wilmer | |
| Tutorial | Modified sandwich vacuum pack technique for temporary closure of abdominal wounds: An African perspective | B. Van As | |
| Tutorial | ACS and pediatrics | B. Van As | |
| Tutorial | Microcirculation | C. Ince | |
| Tutorial | How I do it: Resuscitation of the microcirculation | C. Ince | |
| Tutorial | Improving cerebral function | C. Olvera | |
| Tutorial | Soap box: I only trust my brain! | C. Olvera | |
| Tutorial | Epidemiology of IAH/ACS: incidence, awareness and risk factors | E. J. Kimball | |
| Tutorial | IAP measurement: Bladder techniques | E. J. Kimball | |
| Tutorial | Abdomino-thoracic transmission during ACS: facts and figures | F. Valenza | |
| Tutorial | Infected pancreatic necrosis and abdominal compartment syndrome - Extraperitoneal translumbar approach and management of the retroperitoneal space under endoscopic vision (video presentation) | G. Castellanos | |
| Tutorial | The influence of intra-abdominal hypertension on the central nervous system: current insights and clinical recommendations: is it all in the head? | G. Citerio | |
| Tutorial | Abdominal compartment syndrome and intraabdominal sepsis | G. Plantefeve | |
| Tutorial | Soap Box: I like to use a Swan or Vigileo! | G. Vermeiren | |
| Tutorial | Introduction: How far should we go, when treatment becomes futile | G. Vermeiren | |
| Tutorial | Non surgical decompression | I. De laet | |
| Tutorial | Medical management | I. De laet | |
| Tutorial | Organ failure - Interactive case study | J. Bakker | |
| Tutorial | Meet the expert: The role of lactate in abdominal sepsis | J. Bakker | |
| Tutorial | Lumbotomy to decompress the retroperitoneum | J. De Waele | |
| Tutorial | Noosa 2 years later … A critical analysis of recent literature | J. De Waele | |
| Tutorial | Anesthetic challenges | J. J. Hofland | |
| Tutorial | Burns and ACS | J. Oda | |
| Tutorial | Echocardiography and IAH/ACS | J. Poelaert | |
| Tutorial | Importance of abdominal hypertension in children | J. Ramet | |
| Tutorial | Effect on liver and bowel perfusion | J. Wauters | |
| Tutorial | Soap Box: Forget the Swan and use a PiCCO! | J. Wendon | |
| Tutorial | It is time to pay attention! | J.L. Vincent | |
| Tutorial | Managing the open abdomen | K. Johansson | |
| Tutorial | Renal-APP-FG | K. Johansson | |
| Tutorial | Surgical management and the abdominal wall | K. Kolkman | |
| Tutorial | Role of abdominal US | L. Neri | |
| Tutorial | Cardiovascular effects of elevated intra-abdominal pressure | M. Cheatham | |
| Tutorial | Cardiovascular implications of abdominal compartment syndrome | M. Cheatham | |
| Tutorial | Ethics: The psychological burden and long-term consequences ofabdominal decompression | M. Cheatham | |
| Tutorial | Primary ACS | M. Cheatham | |
| Tutorial | The role of lymphatics during mechanical ventilation & intraabdominal
hypertension | M. Lattuada | |
| Tutorial | Consensus definitions report | M. Malbrain | |
| Tutorial | Respiratory implications of ACS | M. Quintel | |
| Tutorial | Meet the expert: Minimal invasive hemodynamic monitoring | M. Quintel | |
| Tutorial | Laparotomy | M. Sugrue | |
| Tutorial | Clinical implications of ACS on renal function | M. Sugrue | |
| Tutorial | Role of abdominal imaging in ACS | P. Pelosi | |
| Tutorial | Effect of intra-abdominal pressure on respiratory mechanics | P. Pelosi | |
| Tutorial | Renal replacement therapy | P. Rogiers | |
| Tutorial | Xigris in abdominal sepsis | P.F. Laterre | |
| Tutorial | ACS and obesity | R. Ivatury | |
| Tutorial | Economics: Cost effects of the open abdomen | R. Ivatury | |
| Tutorial | Historical highlights in the concept and treatment of abdominal compartment syndrome | R. Van Hee | |
| Tutorial | Reconstructive surgery for abdominal wall defects after ACS | S. Colpaert | |
| Tutorial | Vacuum assisted wound closure | Z. Balogh | |
| Tutorial | Continuous IAP monitoring | Z. Balogh | |
| Summary | What I learned today | M. Malbrain | |
| Summary | What I learned today | M. Malbrain | |
| Summary | Welcome & Opening | M. Malbrain | |
| Study Protocol | Are the differences in the shapes of airway pressure lung volume (PV) curves between animal lung injury models and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) due to differences i | A. Larsson | |
| Study Protocol | Prognostic value of gastrointestinal failure score in mixed population of intensive care patients | A. Reintam | |
| Study Protocol | Influence of ICG-PDR guided vs urine bladder pressure guided treatment on 28 day mortality in patients with IAH or ACS | A. Seibel | |
| Study Protocol | The role of colonic decompression by flatus tube among patients with
raised intraabdominal pressure | C.K. Ben Selvan | |
| Study Protocol | IAP in major abdominal elective surgery: Monitorize or not? | D. Boni | |
| Study Protocol | ‘Keep them dry, watch them die’ or ‘keep them filled, get them killed’: A randomised controlled pilot trial | I. De laet | |
| Study Protocol | The influence of weaning on intra-abdominal pressure | I. De laet | |
| Study Protocol | A multicenter observational study on the incidence of intraabdominal
hypertension in patients with severe sepsis, and its effect on outcome | J. De Waele | |
| Study Protocol | The optimal reference point for intermittent transvesicular abdominal pressure monitoring in the critically ill patient with the head of bed in 30° elevation | J. De Waele | |
| Study Protocol | Validation of continuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement with the CiMON in a large animal model, effect of different ventilator settings and body positions | J. Wauters | |
| Study Protocol | The linearity of the abdominal pressure volume relation | J.P. Mulier | |
| Study Protocol | Prospective, randomized trial of abdominal perfusion pressure (app) as
a resuscitation endpoint | M. Cheatham | |
| Study Protocol | Systemic peritoneal cavity lavage: A new treatment modality in complex cases of ACS with intra-abdominal sepsis | M. D’Hondt | |
| Study Protocol | Clinical Validation of continuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement with the CiMON in critically ill patients | M. Malbrain | |
| Study Protocol | Defining the pattern of Intra-abdominal Pressure (IAP) on a day to day basis in ICU patients - A multicentre study | M. Sugrue | |
| Study Protocol | A prospective evaluation of the natural history of intra-abdominal hypertension - A multicentre study | M. Sugrue | |
| Study Protocol | Renal Artery Resistive Index as the 'Canary' for critical intra-abdominal
hypertension | R. Ivatury | |
| Study Protocol | Impact of continuous renal replacement therapy on outcome in patients
with intraabdominal hypertension due to septic shock | T.R. Wolfe | |
| Study Protocol | Do interventions to reduce elevated intra-abdominal pressure impact
outcome in non-surgical ICU patients who have grade II or higher intraabdominal
hypertension? | T.R. Wolfe | |
| Study Protocol | An Italian prospective randomized multicenter clinical trial | V. Corso | |
| Oral paper | Update on subcutaneous linea alba fasciotomy in pancreatitis | A. Leppäniemi | |
| Oral paper | Primary and secondary intra-abdominal hypertension: different incidence, time course and impact on ICU outcome | A. Reintam | |
| Oral paper | Clinical evaluation of an air-capsule probe for the direct measurement of intra-abdominal pressure after abdominal surgery | A. Schachtrupp | |
| Oral paper | Morphological organ impairment in a porcine model due to 6h of IAH | A. Schachtrupp | |
| Oral paper | Influence of decompression and reperfusion on organ damage in a model
of the ACS | A. Schachtrupp | |
| Oral paper | Intra-abdominal pressure in the liver intensive care unit - Incidence and associations to length of stay and complications | A.B. Cresswell | |
| Oral paper | Clinical evaluation of the Foley manometer technique for the measurement of intra-abdominal pressure | A.B. Cresswell | |
| Oral paper | Gut barrier dysfunction in critically ill surgical patients with abdominal compartment syndrome | A.Z. Al-Bahrani | |
| Oral paper | Clinical relevance of intra-abdominal hypertension in severe acute pancreatitis | A.Z. Al-Bahrani | |
| Oral paper | Feeding the open abdomen is associated with earlier abdominal closure
and less fistulae | B. Collier | |
| Oral paper | Intraabdominal pressure measurements in lateral decubitus and supine
position | B. De Keulenaer | |
| Oral paper | Gastrointestinal complications following the open abdomen: The next challenge | C. C. Cothren | |
| Oral paper | Measurement of compartment pressure of the rectus sheath during intraabdominal
hypertension in rats | C. Meier | |
| Oral paper | Abdominal rectus muscle microdialysis: Evaluation of a new promising
tool for early detection of impending abdominal compartment syndrome | C. Meier | |
| Oral paper | Intraabdominal pressure on critical ventilated patients with no other
apparent risk of abdominal hypertension | C. Soler Morejon | |
| Oral paper | Abdominal wall closure in diffuse severe peritonitis: The etappenlavage regimen | C.C.J Pohland | |
| Oral paper | Correlation between the plasma disappearance rate of indocyaninegreen and intra-abdominal pressure in mixed ICU patients | D. Viaene | |
| Oral paper | Effect of different body positions on intra-abdominal pressure estimated with 3 different methods via the bladder and stomach | D. Viaene | |
| Oral paper | Influence of semi-recumbent position on intra-abdominal pressure as measured by bladder pressure | D.G. Vasquez | |
| Oral paper | In vitro comparison of intra-abdominal hypertension development after
different temporary abdominal closure techniques | E. Benninger | |
| Oral paper | A comparison of infusion volumes in the measurement of intra-abdominal pressure | E. J. Kimball | |
| Oral paper | Delayed abdominal closure in the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm | E. J. Kimball | |
| Oral paper | Respiratory variation in intra-abdominal pressure (?iIAP) | E. Sturini | |
| Oral paper | The use of pharmacologic neuromuscular blockade in the management of elevated intra-abdominal pressure in ICU patients | E. J. Kimball | |
| Oral paper | Reproducibility of bladder pressure measurements in critically ill patients | E. J. Kimball | |
| Oral paper | Increased intra-abdominal pressure: Is it of any consequence in severe acute pancreatitis? | G. Pupelis | |
| Oral paper | Validation of 4 different continuous minimal invasive cardiac output methods in septic patients with abdominal hypertension | I. De laet | |
| Oral paper | Clinical evaluation of the next generation FoleyManometer (FoleyManometer LV) | I. De laet | |
| Oral paper | Effect of head of bed elevation on intra-abdominal pressure estimated via bladder and stomach: preliminary results on the validation of the gastromanometer | I. De laet | |
| Oral paper | Intra- and interobserver variability during in vitro validation of the CiMON
intra-abdominal pressure measurement device | I. De laet | |
| Oral paper | Validation of a continuous intra-abdominal pressure measurement technique in a multi-disciplinary medical/surgical critical care unit | I. Zengerink | |
| Oral paper | Emergency drainage of abdominal compartment syndrome in necrotising
enterocolitis improves cardiac output and respiratory function | J. Brierley | |
| Oral paper | Tension abdominal wall closure after damage control laparotomy: What is the rush? | J. C. Duchesne | |
| Oral paper | The optimal zero reference transducer position for intra-abdominal pressure measurement: a multicenter analysis (WSACS Study 001) | J. De Waele | |
| Oral paper | Intraabdominal hypertension in patients with severe acute pancreatitis:
An interim analysis of a prospective, multicenter study | J. De Waele | |
| Oral paper | Effects of PEEP and bed recumbent angle on intraabdominal pressure
measurement | J. Gorrasi | |
| Oral paper | Predictive factors associated with the development of abdominal compartment syndrome in the SICU | J. McNelis | |
| Oral paper | Hypertonic lactated saline resuscitation reduces the risk of secondary abdominal compartment syndrome in severely burned patients | J. Oda | |
| Oral paper | Fluid-resuscitated faecal peritonitis in pigs as a model of intra-abdominal hypertension | J. Wauters | |
| Oral paper | Influence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure on renal artery and renal vein flow in the porcine kidney | J. Wauters | |
| Oral paper | Influence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure on respiratory system dynamics in the pig | J. Wauters | |
| Oral paper | Effect of PEEP on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurement: Pilot study in a porcine model | J. Wauters | |
| Oral paper | Bladder volumes for accurate intra-abdominal pressure measurements
in children | J.C. Ejike | |
| Oral paper | Routines for recording IAP and awareness of IAH in Swedish surgical
ICUs 2006 | K. Johansson | |
| Oral paper | Intraoperative measurement of IAP: How, when, why? | L. Arsenkov | |
| Oral paper | The effect of body position on intra-abdominal pressure measurement: A multicenter analysis (WSACS Study 001) | M. Cheatham | |
| Oral paper | Long-term impact of the open abdomen: a prospective comparative analysis | M. Cheatham | |
| Oral paper | Age should not limit the use of open abdominal decompression | M. Cheatham | |
| Oral paper | Skin-only closure is superior to skin grafting in the open abdomen | M. Cheatham | |
| Oral paper | Is the evolving management of IAH/ACS improving survival? | M. Cheatham | |
| Oral paper | Respiratory system effects of Intra-Abdominal Pressure increase in a
sepsis animal model | M. M. Lattuada | |
| Oral paper | Results of the international survey on clinical awareness of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients (WSACS Study 003) | M. Malbrain | |
| Oral paper | Prognostic value of fluid balance, intra-abdominal and abdominal perfusion pressure in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients (WSACS Study 005) | M. Malbrain | |
| Oral paper | Relationship between intraabdominal pressure (IAP), fluid balance (FB) and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) after major abdominal surgery | M. Serpytis | |
| Oral paper | Intraportal administration of prostaglandine E2, endothelin-1 receptor
antagonist and phentolamine improves liver microcirculation and
oxygenation in a model of intra-abdominal hypertension:
An experi | N. de Riva | |
| Oral paper | Prognostic value of capillary leak index, fluid balance, intra-abdominal pressure, extravascular lung water and subsequent organ failure in mechanically ventilated patients | N. Van Regenmortel | |
| Oral paper | A nationwide survey of clinicians’ attitudes regarding the management
of intra-abdominal pressure in neuro-critical care patients | P. Hayden | |
| Oral paper | Increased bacterial transport and histopathological changes in small bowel and colon after increased intraabdominal pressure | P. Olofsson | |
| Oral paper | Intra-observer variability during in vitro validation of intra-abdominal pressure measurement | P.B. McBeth | |
| Oral paper | Effect of the dobutamine in the splanchnich blood flow in an experimental model of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) | R. Adalia | |
| Oral paper | Acute lower extremity compartment syndrome concurrent with abdominal compartment syndrome | R. Kosir | |
| Oral paper | Intra-abdominal pressure in critically ill pediatric patients | R. Scarani | |
| Oral paper | Intra-abdominal pressure and renal function | R. Vahan Hakobyan | |
| Oral paper | Epidural analgesia decreases intraabdominal pressure | R. Vahan Hakobyan | |
| Oral paper | Intra-abdominal pressure following rupture abdominal aortic aneurysm | R.R. Makar | |
| Oral paper | Residual urinary catheter draining tube volume exerts little effect on
continuous IAP measurement | S. Puig | |
| Oral paper | Comparison of open abdomens in trauma and non-trauma patients | S.P. Stawicki | |
| Oral paper | Renal dysfunction of abdominal compartment syndrome: An experimental study | V. Nalbanti | |
| Oral paper | The epidemiology of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill general surgical patients | Z. Bodnar | |
| Mini-paper | Case report: Abdominal compartment syndrome after cardiac surgery | A. De Wolf | |
| Mini-paper | IVC pressure as an alternative reflection of intra-abdominal pressure using a porcine model | A. Hessheimer | |
| Mini-paper | Open abdomen in severe acute pancreatitis | A. Leppäniemi | |
| Mini-paper | Subcutaneus anterior abdominal fasciotomy in abdominal compartmentsyndrome | A.A. Litvin | |
| Mini-paper | Management strategies for the open abdomen: Survey of AAST members | A.A. MacLean | |
| Mini-paper | A prospective evaluation of CT features predictive of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill surgical patients | A.Z. Al-Bahrani | |
| Mini-paper | Increased abdominal pressure -a major factor in the development ARDS | C. K. Ben Selvan | |
| Mini-paper | Evaluation of intra-abdominal pressure monitoring during major abdominal surgery | C.J. Dunkerly | |
| Mini-paper | Continuous direct intra-abdominal pressure monitoring and staged peritoneal drainage in patients with tense ascites | D. Viaene | |
| Mini-paper | Intra-abdominal hypertension in children with acute pancreatitis | D.V. Dmytriiev | |
| Mini-paper | Successful laparoscopic treatment of a delayed intraabdominal
compartment syndrome after blunt hepatic injuries | F. Vallée | |
| Mini-paper | Severe acute pancreatitis with infected pancreatic necrosis and abdominal compartment syndrome | G. Castellanos | |
| Mini-paper | Spontaneous abdominal rectum sheath haematoma and abdominal compartment syndrome | G. Castellanos | |
| Mini-paper | Does intra-abdominal pressure influence the effectiveness of the autologic dynamic interface in preventing pressure ulcers? | I. De laet | |
| Mini-paper | Adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to the intensive care (IC) of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) accompanied by intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) | I. Lisagors | |
| Mini-paper | Measurement of the intra-abdominal pressure in clinical daily practicein Germany | J. Otto | |
| Mini-paper | A new non-invasive method (CiMON) for monitoring intra-abdominal pressure: Pilot test in a pig model | J. Wauters | |
| Mini-paper | Determinants of the abdominal pressure volume relation in non ACS patients | J.P. Mulier | |
| Mini-paper | Temporary closure of open abdominal wounds by an alternative and
cost saving vacuum pack technique | J.W. Valk | |
| Mini-paper | Management of abdominal compartment syndrome -A monoinstitutional experience | K. Tsalis | |
| Mini-paper | Intraabdominal hypertension in critically ill patients | M. G. Vidal | |
| Mini-paper | Efficacy of vacuum assisted closure therapy in the management of the
traumatic open abdomen | M.J. Kaplan | |
| Mini-paper | Clostridium difficile causing abdominal compartment syndrome: A case report | N. Shaikh | |
| Mini-paper | An observational study on intraabdominal pressure in 180 critically ill patients | N. Van de Winkel | |
| Mini-paper | Abdominal compartment syndrome following rectus sheath or retroperitoneal hematoma: A multicenter retrospective analysis (WSACS Study 002) | N. Van Regenmortel | |
| Mini-paper | Urine column measurement as an estimation of intra-abdominal pressure - Comparison with intra-vesicular pressure measurement as the 'gold standard' | ACP Sewing | |
| Mini-paper | Post-injury abdominal compartment syndrome: is it still a problem? | P. Mackay | |
| Mini-paper | Retrospective evaluation of vacuum-assisted fascial closure after open
abdomen due to secondary peritonitis | R. Hahn | |
| Mini-paper | Preliminary results on the validation of the transmanometer for intra-abdominal pressure monitoring in different head of bed positions | R. Holte | |
| Mini-paper | Bowel compartment syndrome: a new paradigm of an unrecognized
component of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome after damage-control
surgery | S.R. Goldberg | |
| Mini-paper | Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is highly prevalent and associated with
organ disfunction during septic shock | T. Regueira | |
| Mini-paper | Abdominal dressing - A new standard in therapy of the open abdomen
following secondary peritonitis? | T. Wild | |
| Mini-paper | Vacuum-assisted wound closure and mesh-mediated traction – a novel
combination of two techniques for closure of the open abdomen | U. Petersson | |
| Mini-paper | Respiratory support in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension | U.B. Batirov | |
| Mini-paper | Abdominal compartment syndrome: Early physiologic responses to
decompressive laparostomy | Y. Abdulaal | |
| Industry session | Role of mycograb in abdominal sepsis | B. van der Hoven | |
| Industry session | Early intra-abdominal pressure monitoring improves care in my ICU patients | E. J. Kimball | |
| Industry session | TNP and N-Need in the critically ill patients | K. Schoonheydt | |
| Industry session | Rational IAP measurement: Why is intra vesical IAP measurement not enough? | M. Quintel | |
| Industry session | Indications for VAC therapy: when and how? | T. Wild | |
| Debate | Con: I don’t need to decompress if IAP > 25 mmHg | I. De laet | |
| Debate | Pro: I need to decompress if IAP > 25 mmHg | M. Sugrue | |
| Debate | Pro-Con Debate: Dry versus Wet | M. Quintel | |
| Debate | Pro-Con Debate: Dry versus Wet | R. Ivatury | |
