ABDOPRE: dispositivo de aplicação externa para redução da pressão intra-abdominal: Experiencia clínica preliminar

Abstract

This article describes a device for the reduction of intra-abdominal pressure. The device (ABDOPRE) includes a uni- que external servo-control mechanism, based on urinary bladder pressure mea- surement. The results of ABDOPRE use in the first four intra-abdominal hyper- tension patients are reported; the device resulted in a reduction of intra-abdomi- nal pressure between 16% and 35% in 3 cases and in a paradoxical increase of the intra-abdominal pressure in an obe- se woman, likely due to inappropriate chamber size for the patient’s anatomy. These results are promising and ABDO- PRE may be useful in clinical practice.