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noun anxiety, anxiousness, brunt, brute force, burden, coercion, compulsion, constraining force, constraint, controlling power, crisis, drive, duress, exertion, exhortation, exigency, force, hardship, heaviness, hindrance, imperativeness, importunateness, influentiality, insistence, intensity, intimidation, load, necessity, need, obligation, oppression, persuasion, pondus, power, power of directing, power of impelling, press, pull, push, strain, stress, sway, tension, undue influunce, urgency, vis, weight
Associated concepts: undue influence

pressure

verb adjure, advocate, bear down, beg, blandish, cajole, coax, coerce, command, compel, constrain, drive, entreat, exhort, force, goad, implore, influence, insist, intimidate, oppress, persuade, plead, press, prod, push, request, solicit, stress, urge
Associated concepts: coercion, duress, intimidation, undue influence

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Pulse pressure variation and stroke volume variation during increased intra-abdominal pressure an experimental study.

Prueba de elevacion de piernas pasiva

1994) Postural effects on intra-abdominal pressure during Valsalva maneuver.

High-volume resistance training session acutely diminishes respiratory muscle strength

Changes in visceral blood flow with elevated intra-abdominal pressure.

Clinical significance of intestinal type fatty acid binding protein in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery/Koroner arter baypas cerrahisi geciren hastalarda intestinal tipteki yag asitini baglayan proteinin klinik onemi

The ability to counteract increases in intra-abdominal pressure with a quick tightening of the pelvic floor is reduced.

Incontinence and retention--how the bladder misfunctions

Those who remain on PD are frequently instructed to use smaller exchange volumes and less hypertonic dialysis solutions to reduce intra-abdominal pressure (DeDooy et al.

Pleural leak: a peritoneal dialysis complication and problems encountered in the acute care setting

An increase in intra-abdominal pressure may also be due to pregnancy or abdominal obesity or any space-occupying lesion of the abdomen.

Hiatal hernia syndrome

Keywords: abdominal compartment syndrome, intra-abdominal pressure, surgical decompression, laparotomy.

Experiencia en el manejo quirurgico del sindrome de compartimento abdominal en el Hospital Occidente de Kennedy

The difference in displacement and endurance of pelvic floor elevation between the two positions may have been influenced by factors such as gravity, proprioception, resting tone and intra-abdominal pressure.

Healthy adults can more easily elevate the pelvic floor in standing than in crook-lying: an experimental study

The absence of the posterior rectus sheath below the arcuate line and a weak fascia transversalis resisting intra-abdominal pressure predisposes to the development of hernias.

Inguinal hernias

increased intra-abdominal pressure, such as heavy lifting, chronic coughing or straining to have a bowel movement, also can cause an inguinal hernia.

Treating an inguinal hernia: surgical options are available, but watchful waiting and caution may be all that's needed

Obesity is becoming a serious public health issue and is related to lung dysfunction, with intra-abdominal pressure causing a mechanical effect on the diaphragm.

Waist circumference a better predictor of respiratory dysfunction than BMI

The supine position generates the lowest intra-abdominal pressure for a given volume of IP fluid.