Free air on plain film: Do we need a computed tomography too?

CONTEXT: Standard teaching is that patients with pneumoperitoneum on plain X-ray and clinical signs of abdominal pathology should undergo urgent surgery. It is unknown if abdominal computed tomography (CT) provides additional useful information in this scenario. AIMS: The aim of this study is to det...

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Autores principales: Solis, Carolina V, Chang, Yuchiao, De Moya, Marc A, Velmahos, George C, Fagenholz, Peter J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24550622
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.125631

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24550622
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.125631

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