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Case #5 -
A 28 year old man sustained a gunshot wound

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?
 
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2.) What is the differential diagnosis?
 
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3.) What further workup should you do to determine the diagnosis?

 
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4.) How would you describe the procedure for measuring intraabdominal pressure?
 
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5.) How would you define the abdominal compartment syndrome?
 
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6.) What is the pathophysiology in abdominal compartment syndrome?
 
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7.) In which patients is this syndrome more likely to develop?
 
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8.) How should this patient be managed?  Answer 
 
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