IAP is The New Vital Sign – Are You Measuring It?

Source Infographic on the Importance of Intra-Abdominal Pressure

IAP is The New Vital Sign – Are You Measuring It?

Elevated Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP) and Intra-Abdominal Hypertension (IAH) can be found in up to 55% of critically ill patients (Sources: 1,2,3)

IAP is an important indicator that can alert practitioners to potential issues that aren’t visible with physical examination, including Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS).

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Patrick Beer, DO, Critical Care Surgery Specialist, Hurley Medical Center

“I would recommend TraumaGuard to my colleagues – having watched it correlate 1:1 in the OR with insufflation pressures, as well as looking at the ease of use – this is a very valuable technology to use going forward, especially in resuscitation of patients in the ICU.”

Leo Mercer, MD, Critical Care Surgery Specialist, Hurley Medical Center

“Accuracy is difficult to assess – I can tell you that the best reference number I have for Intra-abdominal Pressure is coming off an insufflator, and to the extent that the TraumaGuard catheter is correlating - almost 1:1 - with that number, is comforting. It really can’t get better than that, frankly.”