Measurement of the abdominal circumference for the detection of intra‐abdominal hemorrhage has no diagnostic value

Abstract

Measuring the abdominal circumference should not be used as a diagnostic tool when intra-abdominal bleeding is suspected.

Elevated Intra-Abdominal Pressure in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

“…IAP measurement. Clinical examination of the abdomen and/or the abdominal perimeter is not an accurate indicator of IAP (9,10). To obtain a precise IAP value, the pressure is measured with the transvesical method (11,12).…”

Towards a better understanding of abdominal bloating and distension in functional gastrointestinal disorders

“…For example, in an attempt to demonstrate the severity of their problem the patient may voluntarily protrude their abdomen during a single measurement or the investigator could inadvertently influence measurements by application of the tape measure in slightly different positions on the abdomen, or with varying degrees of tightness, particularly if the measurements are done at different times of the day. Indeed studies in which abdominal girth was measured with a tape measure before and after the infusion of as much as 2 L of peritoneal dialysis fluid into the peritoneal cavity of renal failure patients showed tape measurements to be both inaccurate and insensitive 20,21 . These problems have recently been overcome with the development of more objective techniques to measure abdominal girth, such as extensometry 22 and abdominal inductance plethysmography 23,24 (Fig.…”