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ABDOPRE is a device that reduces the abdominal pressure of intensive care patients with intraabdominal hypertension. The controlled reduction following a time protocol is consequence of the application of an external negative pressure inside a vacuum bell affixed to the patient’s abdomen. Originally developed in 2007, ABDOPRE was tested in four intensive care patients with intrabdominal pressures (12 to 15 mmHg). In three of these patients a reduction of 5 mmHg, 3 mmHg and 2 mmHg was accomplished. Afterwards, a new, cheaper, smaller and lighter version of ABDOPRE was developed using an ARDUINO UNO board for the control system and an ARUINO UNO SHIELD for the electrical interface. This version has an optimized Software and includes two bell sizes of 14 and 24 L respectively.
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The authors acknowledge the work done for the initial development by Marcelo David, Cedric Zoppolo and Guillermo Sánchez, as well as continuing support by Professor Alberto Biestro, Head of the Department of Intensive Medicine. Subsequent work was done by María José González Franco and Martín Arregui. Special thanks are also expressed to Luciana Urruty, Sylvia Díaz and Florencia Peirano for research and craftsmanship of ABDOPRE bells. This paper was checked for correct language format by Valerie Best, educated at the British Schools, Montevideo, Uruguay. The authors are deeply grateful for her advice.
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Schandy, A., Pracca, F., Simini, F. (2020). Treatment of Abdominal Hypertension: Development of an Original Non-invasive Device ABDOPRE. In: González Díaz, C., et al. VIII Latin American Conference on Biomedical Engineering and XLII National Conference on Biomedical Engineering. CLAIB 2019. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_74
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