Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the ...

Pressing on the abdomen may worsen the pain because it increases the pressure from slow stool movement in the intestines. You may also experience fullness, bloating, a feeling of not fully emptying ...

Objective of the study: Delayed diagnosis of increased intra-abdominal pressure in PICU patients increases morbidity and mortality rates. In 2007 our PICU implemented a protocol for indirect intra ...