Manu Malbrain qualified as an MD at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He is Director of the Intensive Care Department at the University Hospital in Brussels and a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is a Critical Care Physician with a basic training in internal medicine and is actively involved in the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, where he chaired the Working Group on Abdominal Problems within the POIC section. A member of the Scientific Subcommittee of the European Society of Anesthesiology, he has studied the effects of raised intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) in general ICU patients for the last 20 years. He is the founding President and current Treasurer of the Abdominal Compartment Society – formerly known as World Society on Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (WSACS) – and he has co-chaired 8 bi-annual WCACS meetings since 2004. He is author and co-author of more than 250 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, editorials, book chapters and two books on ACS.
Andrew Kirkpatrick studied medicine at the University of Ottawa, and after completing a surgery residency at the University of Toronto, he became a Trauma Critical Care Fellow. He subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Calgary as a Clinical Assistant Professor. He divides his time between the Department of Critical Care and the Division of General Surgery, where he is actively involved in general surgery and acts as a Trauma Team Leader for the Trauma Services Program. His areas of research and interest include trauma care, the use of ultrasound in the evaluation of trauma patients, and the treatment and diagnosis of injury and illness in deep space.
Comprehensively addressing the topic of the compartment syndrome, this book covers all aspects of this painful and complex condition, ranging from the history to the pathophysiology and treatment in the various body compartments affected by the syndrome, as well as the short- and long-term outcomes.
Comprehensively addressing the topic of the compartment syndrome, this book covers all aspects of this painful and complex condition, ranging from the history to the pathophysiology and treatment in the various body compartments affected by the syndrome, as well as the short- and long-term outcomes.
Comprehensively addressing the topic of the compartment syndrome, this book covers all aspects of this painful and complex condition, ranging from the history to the pathophysiology and treatment in the various body compartments affected by the syndrome, as well as the short- and long-term outcomes.