Abdominal compartment syndrome in severe acute pancreatitis treated with percutaneous catheter drainage

• Published in: Clinical endoscopy Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 469 - 472
• Main Authors: Park, Soonyoung, Lee, Seungho, Lee, Hyo Deok, Kim, Min, Kim, Kyeongmin, Jeong, Yusook, Park, Seon Mee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 01.09.2014; 대한소화기내시경학회
• Subjects: Case Report; 내과학; Intra-abdominal hypertension; Percutaneous catheter drainage; Severe acute pancreatitis
• ISSN: 2234-2400; 2234-2443
• DOI: 10.5946/ce.2014.47.5.469

Acute pancreatitis is one of the main causes of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH). IAH contributes to multiple physiologic alterations and leads to the development of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) that induces multiorgan failure. We report a case of ACS in a patient with severe acute pancreatitis. A 44-year-old man who was admitted in a drunk state was found to have severe acute pancreatitis. During management with fluid resuscitation in an intensive care unit, drowsy mentality, respiratory acidosis, shock requiring inotropes, and oliguria developed in the patient, with his abdomen tensely distended. With a presumptive diagnosis of ACS, abdominal decompression through percutaneous catheter drainage was performed immediately. The intraperitoneal pressure measured with a drainage catheter was 31 mm Hg. After abdominal decompression, the multiorgan failure was reversed. We present a case of ACS managed with percutaneous catheter decompression.