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Abbreviations

ACS:

Abdominal compartment syndrome

IAH:

Intra-abdominal hypertension

IAP:

Intra-abdominal pressure

WSACS:

World society of the abdominal compartment syndrome

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JJDW is a senior clinical investigator from the Research Foundation Flanders.

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, Gent, 9000, Belgium

    Jan J De Waele

  2. Intensive Care Unit and High Care Burn Unit, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen, ZNA Stuivenberg, Lange Beeldekensstraat 267, Antwerpen 6, 2060, Belgium

    Manu LNG Malbrain

  3. Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada

    Andrew W Kirkpatrick

  4. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada

    Andrew W Kirkpatrick

  5. Regional Trauma Services, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada

    Andrew W Kirkpatrick

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Competing interests

JJDW is President of WSACS – the Abdominal Compartment Society and has consulted for Smith&Nephew, and Kinetic Concepts Inc. MLNGM is Past President and current Treasurer of WSACS – the Abdominal Compartment Society and has consulted for Convatec, Holtech Medical, Spiegelberg, and Kinetic Concepts Inc.; he is member of the Medical Advisory Board of Pulsion Medical Systems, a monitoring company. AWK serves as a Major in the Canadian Force Reserves and consults with the Canadian Space Agency; he conducted a randomized trial on open abdomen management supported by the Kinetic Concepts Corporation, received an ultrasound machine from the Sonosite Corporation for research purposes, received travel assistance from the Innovative Trauma, Synthese, and LifeCell Corporations, and is the President Elect of the WSACS.

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JJDW, MLNGM and AWK drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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De Waele, J.J., Malbrain, M.L. & Kirkpatrick, A.W. The abdominal compartment syndrome: evolving concepts and future directions. Crit Care 19, 211 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0879-8

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